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Iowa’s 7-day COVID-19 positivity rate back up to 5%
Updated: 9:59 AM CDT Mar 30, 2021
Iowa’s 7-day COVID-19 positivity rate is back up to 5% as rates have been slowly rising in the state over the last week.The Iowa Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 654 new positive COVID-19 tests and four additional deaths.At 10 a.m., the health department reported 378,660 total positive tests, 332,440 total recoveries and 5,729 total deaths since the pandemic began. A day earlier, the health department reported 378,006 total positive tests and 5,725 total deaths.Iowa reports 1,473,901 vaccine doses have been administered in the state, with 583,248 individuals completing the vaccine series. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here. Iowa’s 7-day positivity rate increased from 4.9% to 5% in the last 24 hours. The 14-day average climbed from 4.5% to 4.7% as both rates have continued to slowly rise over the last week. Iowa reports 4,428,335 COVID-19 tests have been administered in the state.COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline in Iowa. The number hospitalized with the virus fell from 196 to 186 overnight. There are 45 patients in ICU and 11 patients on ventilators.The number of long-term care facilities reporting virus outbreaks in the state remains at two. The state reports 13 positive cases among residents and staff within those two facilities. Iowa reports 2,234 total deaths in care facilities.The Iowa Department of Public Health provides virus data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary of the data at 10 a.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Iowa’s 7-day COVID-19 positivity rate is back up to 5% as rates have been slowly rising in the state over the last week.
The Iowa Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported 654 new positive COVID-19 tests and four additional deaths.
At 10 a.m., the health department reported 378,660 total positive tests, 332,440 total recoveries and 5,729 total deaths since the pandemic began. A day earlier, the health department reported 378,006 total positive tests and 5,725 total deaths.
Iowa reports 1,473,901 vaccine doses have been administered in the state, with 583,248 individuals completing the vaccine series. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here.
Iowa’s 7-day positivity rate increased from 4.9% to 5% in the last 24 hours. The 14-day average climbed from 4.5% to 4.7% as both rates have continued to slowly rise over the last week. Iowa reports 4,428,335 COVID-19 tests have been administered in the state.
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline in Iowa. The number hospitalized with the virus fell from 196 to 186 overnight. There are 45 patients in ICU and 11 patients on ventilators.
The number of long-term care facilities reporting virus outbreaks in the state remains at two. The state reports 13 positive cases among residents and staff within those two facilities. Iowa reports 2,234 total deaths in care facilities.
The Iowa Department of Public Health provides virus data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary of the data at 10 a.m.