COVID-19 hospitalization numbers continue to show slow improvement

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Metrics related to the new coronavirus showed consistent trends on Sunday morning, as well as the past few days, according to state data.

As of 10:30 am, the Iowa Department of Public Health said 1,330 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were added to the state total, which now stands at 296,441. 255,955 people are considered recovered from the disease, an increase of 853.

Another 11 people who died from COVID-19 were added to the state total, which now stands at 4,138 since the pandemic began.

541 patients are in Iowa hospitals due to COVID-19, a net reduction of eight. 105 of these patients are in intensive care units, a net reduction of five. 41 require the use of a fan, a net reduction of six. 72 people were recently admitted to Iowa hospitals during the 24-hour reporting period, roughly the same report as Saturday morning.

Another 3,946 people had test results reported by public and private laboratories in the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for this batch of tests was 33.7%, slightly lower than the 35.6% the previous day. The positivity rate calculated using this method may differ from the number on the state coronavirus panel, due to the fact that it uses the number of people tested, not the total number of tests, including people who have been tested repeatedly.

A total of 1,394,799 people in Iowa have been tested since the pandemic began.

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