COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Iowa, more than five dozen more deaths

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The rate of daily new coronavirus cases in Iowa has shown a noticeable jump after a period of slower growth, based on the state’s latest data.

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, a total of 11,588 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past seven days, or about 1,655.4 per day during that period. This rate is 37.9% higher than the previous week’s daily average of 1,200.6 cases per day.

64 people who have died with COVID-19 have been added to the state’s total, which is now 6,401 since the start of the pandemic.

578 people are in Iowa hospitals with COVID-19, 29 more than Monday’s count and equal to a week ago. 157 of those patients are in intensive care units, four more than Monday and one less than a week ago. 73 people require ventilator use, a net decrease of nine from last week.

3,374,538 individual doses of a coronavirus vaccine have been administered in Iowa since they became available. 126,247 people received the first dose of a two-shot vaccine and are waiting for a second, about 3,653 less than a week ago. A total of 1,644,649 people, 17,489 over a week ago, are fully vaccinated in the state, or about 51.6% of the total population.

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