DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 59 additional COVID-19-related and 2,058 more Iowans tested positive for the virus.
Friday at 10:30 a.m., state records show that a total of 293,452 Iowans have tested positive for the virus since the pandemic began. In total, 4,124 Iowans have died with COVID-19.
State data shows that COVID-19 was the underlying cause of 3,777 of the reported deaths and COVID-19 was a contributing factor in 347 of the reported deaths.
In total, 253,488 Iowans have recovered from COVID-19.
The state reported that 579 people are in the hospital with the virus. That number has dropped from 613 reported Thursday. Another 89 patients were admitted to hospitals with the virus in the past 24 hours. There are 108 people in the IC and 51 on fans.
According to data available by the state, 5,614 tests have been reported in the last 24 hours. A total of 1,386,187 tests have been conducted since the start of the pandemic. According to this data, the positivity rate in the past 24 hours was 36.7 percent.
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