DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – According to new data from Sunday, more people who tested positive for the new coronavirus have been added to the state’s running total.
As of 10:30 a.m., the Iowa Department of Public Health said 280 additional cases have been reported to the state since the same time on Saturday morning, bringing Iowa’s total to 342,743 people since the pandemic began. The state no longer keeps track of the number of people considered to be recovered.
No new deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to the state in the past 24 hours. The total number of people who have died as a result of the virus in Iowa is 5,633.
160 people are hospitalized in Iowa for COVID-19, a net decrease of 22.40 of those people are in intensive care units, a net decrease of one. 18 of those patients require the use of a ventilator, a net increase of one. 29 people were recently admitted to hospitals in Iowa in the past 24-hour reporting period, a percentage slightly lower than in recent days.
So far, a total of 1,076,880 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, an increase of 45,818 from the same time on Friday. 394,565 people have completed their vaccination course, either through the two-injection vaccines or the one-time Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Initial tests of 1,546 individuals were reported to the state in the past 24 hours. The positivity percentage for these batch of tests was 18.1%. A total of 1,596,314 people have been tested for the virus since the start of the pandemic.
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