CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – No additional deaths due to the new coronavirus have been reported to state officials since Saturday morning, according to new data.
As of 10:30 am, the Iowa Department of Public Health said that 391 people who tested positive for COVID-19 were added to the state total, which now stands at 332,573 people.
With no change in the number of people who died from the disease, the total since the beginning of the pandemic remains 5,336.
229 people are currently hospitalized in Iowa due to COVID-19, a net reduction of nine since the Saturday morning report. 58 of these people are in intensive care units, a net increase of two. 27 of these patients require the use of a ventilator, a net increase of three.
1,960 individuals who were tested for COVID-19 for the first time have been notified to state officials during the past 24 hours. The positivity rate for this batch of tests was 19.9%. 1,538,469 individuals have been tested in the state since the pandemic began.
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