DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa reported seven additional coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, bringing the state total to 3,999.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University report that Iowa’s per capita death rate has risen one notch to the country’s 14th highest, with 126.5 deaths per 100,000 people.
Recently updated state data show that 3,952 people died in Iowa in November, the state’s highest single month death toll.
Available state data show that the total number of deaths in Iowa last year is the highest total in a single year, at least since 1915. Deaths through November totaled 31,628. Even without the increase in deaths in December, the state has already passed 2019 deaths totaling 30,669.
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