More than 400,000 Iowans now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 – KCCI Des Moines

AFRICA VARIANTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN OUR STATE. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY IN POLK COUNTY. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN VACCINATING PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. IT COMES A WEEK AFTER THE STATE EXPANDED VACCINE ELIGIBILITY TO THAT GROUP. THE COUNTY INITIALLY DELAYED T EXPANSION, SO IT COULD VACCINATE MORE PEOPLE IN THE EARLIER TIERS OF THE VACCINE ROLLOUT. ANYONE AGE 64 AND YOUNGER WI CONDITIONS THAT MAKE THEM HIGH RISK, CAN NOW SIGN UP FOR APPOINTMENTS AT THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY CAN ALSO GET THE VACCINE AT POLK COUNTY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, AND SELECT MEDICAP PHARMACIES. ALYX: EFFORTS TO VACCINATE IOWA’S FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE MAKING SOME HEADWAY. ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WORKERS AT TYSON’S WATERLOO PLANT HAVE GOTTEN THE VACCINE. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE QUAD-CITY TIMES. TYSON WORKERS, ALONG WITH OTHER MANUFACTURING EMPLOYEES, ARE GETTING THE STATE’S 25,000 DOSES OF THE SINGLE-DOSE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VA

More than 400,000 Iowans now fully vaccinated against COVID-19

The Iowa Department of Public Health on Monday reported 203 new positive COVID-19 tests and eight additional deaths. At 10 a.m., the health department reported 370,725 total positive results, 324,617 total recoveries and 5,641 total deaths since the pandemic began. The health department reported 370,522 total positive tests and 5,633 total deaths 24 hours earlier.Health department data shows 1,105,700 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, while 408,914 individuals have completed the vaccine series. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here. Iowa’s test positivity rates remain below 4%. The 14-day average stands at 3.9% while the 7-day average is at 3.8%. State data shows 4,245,565 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Iowa.Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remain flat. There are currently 161 patients hospitalized with the virus, up from 160 the previous day. There are 42 patients in ICU and 21 patients on ventilators.Iowa is down to two long-term care facilities reporting virus outbreaks. The health department reports 18 positive cases and 13 recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. There have been 2,217 deaths reported in Iowa’s long-term care facilities. The Iowa Department of Public Health displays virus data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summery of the data at 10 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

The Iowa Department of Public Health on Monday reported 203 new positive COVID-19 tests and eight additional deaths.

At 10 a.m., the health department reported 370,725 total positive results, 324,617 total recoveries and 5,641 total deaths since the pandemic began. The health department reported 370,522 total positive tests and 5,633 total deaths 24 hours earlier.

Health department data shows 1,105,700 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, while 408,914 individuals have completed the vaccine series. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here.

Iowa’s test positivity rates remain below 4%. The 14-day average stands at 3.9% while the 7-day average is at 3.8%. State data shows 4,245,565 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Iowa.

Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations remain flat. There are currently 161 patients hospitalized with the virus, up from 160 the previous day. There are 42 patients in ICU and 21 patients on ventilators.

Iowa is down to two long-term care facilities reporting virus outbreaks. The health department reports 18 positive cases and 13 recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. There have been 2,217 deaths reported in Iowa’s long-term care facilities.

The Iowa Department of Public Health displays virus data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summery of the data at 10 a.m.