IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS, ASK — CALL THE POLICE. MORE IOWA COUNTIES ARE DECLINING ALL OF THEIR ALLOCATED COVID-19 DOSES, AS DEMAND SLOWS DOWN. NEXT WEEK, ONLY MONONA AND EMMETT COUNTIES ARE REQUESTING THEIR FULL ALLOTMENTS. ALL OTHER COUNTIES ARE ASKING FOR REDUCED AMOUNTS. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STATE HAVE COMPLETED ALL REQUIRED DOSES. NEARLY 2.5 MILLION DOSES HAV
Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline
Updated: 10:01 AM CDT May 9, 2021
The Iowa Department of Public health on Sunday reported 141 new COVID-19 positive tests and one additional death.At 10 a.m., the health department reported 397,584 total positive tests, 351,592 total recoveries and 5,984 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 397,443 total positive tests and 5,983 total deaths.Iowa reports 2,490,644 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 1,179,665 individuals have completed the vaccine series.Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is at 3.7%, and the 7-day average is now 3.5%. Health department data shows 4,890,975 total tests have been administered. There are now 170 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 176 the previous day. Iowa reports 39 patients in ICU and 12 patients on ventilators.One of Iowa’s long-term care facilities report an active COVID-19 outbreak. The health department reports 19 positive cases and 17 recoveries among residents and staff within that facility. The state reports 2,323 care facility deaths since the pandemic began.The Iowa Department of Public Health offers virus data in real-time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary based on the date reported at 10 a.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The Iowa Department of Public health on Sunday reported 141 new COVID-19 positive tests and one additional death.
At 10 a.m., the health department reported 397,584 total positive tests, 351,592 total recoveries and 5,984 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 397,443 total positive tests and 5,983 total deaths.
Iowa reports 2,490,644 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 1,179,665 individuals have completed the vaccine series.
Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is at 3.7%, and the 7-day average is now 3.5%. Health department data shows 4,890,975 total tests have been administered.
There are now 170 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 176 the previous day. Iowa reports 39 patients in ICU and 12 patients on ventilators.
One of Iowa’s long-term care facilities report an active COVID-19 outbreak. The health department reports 19 positive cases and 17 recoveries among residents and staff within that facility. The state reports 2,323 care facility deaths since the pandemic began.
The Iowa Department of Public Health offers virus data in real-time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary based on the date reported at 10 a.m.