STEVEN COLBERT, LIVE TONIGHT RIGHT AFTER THIS NEWSCAST. STEVE: GOVERNOR REYNOLDS ANNOUNCED THAT PLANS ARE IN THE WORKS TO BRING MASS VACCINATIONS TO TWO BIG EVENTS IN DES MOINES. STACEY: LAUREN JOHNSON TELLS US HOW DOCTORS SAY THIS CAN HELP GET IOWA CLOSER TO HERD IMMUNITY. >> WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT EVENTS HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE AND TRYING TO TYPE TO THEM. >> GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SAID AS TEMPERATURES WARM UP, LOCATIONS COULD BE PIVOTAL IN REACHING HERD IMMUNITY. >> WE’VE TALKED TO MAYBE HAVING THEM AVAILABLE AT THE CUS, WE’VE TALKED TO THE FARMERS MARKET. WE’RE JUST LOOKING FOR UNIQUE WAYS THAT WE AN GO TO WHERE IOWANS ARE GATHERING AND HAVE A MOBILE CLINIC THERE. LAUREN AND MEDICAL EXPERTS THINK : THIS PLAN IS A HOME RUN. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SAYS IOWA IS RANKED NUMBER 11 IN THE NATION FOR VACCINE ROLLOUT AND THIS PROJECT COULD HELP RANK THE STATE EVEN HIGHER. >> I THINK THAT’S A GREAT THING. THE MORE PEOPLE CAN GET VACCINATED IN PLACES THEY GO ROUTINELY, IS A GREAT IDEA. LAUREN BUT ONE THING TO KEEP IN : MIND AT THESE LARGE EVENTS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, CDC GUIDANCE STILL SAYS TO WEAR A MASK IF YOU ARE AROUND BIGGER GROUPS OF PEOPLE. >> BUT AGAIN KEEP IN MIND, IF THERE’S A CROWD WEAR A MAS
Iowa reports 543 new positive COVID-19 tests, 1 additional death
Updated: 9:59 AM CDT Apr 29, 2021
The Iowa Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 543 new positive COVID-19 tests and one additional death.At 10 a.m., the health department reported 394,001 total positive tests, 346,608 total recoveries and 5,931 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 393,458 total positive tests and 5,930 total deaths.More than one million individuals have now been fully vaccinated in Iowa. State data shows 1,021,095 people have completed their vaccine series in Iowa, with 2,282,537 total doses administered. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is holding steady at 4% while the 7-day average increased from 3.8% to 3.9%. Iowa reports a total of 4,793,166 COVID-19 tests administered in the state.For a third day, Iowa reports 184 patients hospitalized with the virus. There are 44 patients in ICU and 25 patients on ventilators. One long-term care facility reports a COVID-19 outbreak in Iowa. The Urbandale Health Care Center reports 18 positive cases and 13 recoveries among residents and staff. There have been 2,313 deaths reported in Iowa’s long-term care facilities.IDPH provides CVOID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary of the data at 10 a.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The Iowa Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 543 new positive COVID-19 tests and one additional death.
At 10 a.m., the health department reported 394,001 total positive tests, 346,608 total recoveries and 5,931 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 393,458 total positive tests and 5,930 total deaths.
More than one million individuals have now been fully vaccinated in Iowa. State data shows 1,021,095 people have completed their vaccine series in Iowa, with 2,282,537 total doses administered. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here.
Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is holding steady at 4% while the 7-day average increased from 3.8% to 3.9%. Iowa reports a total of 4,793,166 COVID-19 tests administered in the state.
For a third day, Iowa reports 184 patients hospitalized with the virus. There are 44 patients in ICU and 25 patients on ventilators.
One long-term care facility reports a COVID-19 outbreak in Iowa. The Urbandale Health Care Center reports 18 positive cases and 13 recoveries among residents and staff. There have been 2,313 deaths reported in Iowa’s long-term care facilities.
IDPH provides CVOID-19 data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary of the data at 10 a.m.