DES MOINS, Iowa (KCRG) – The total number of Iowans hospitalized due to the novel coronavirus is slowly declining, according to state figures Saturday. As of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the Iowa Department of Public Health said the state had recorded a total of 255,009 since the outbreak began. 187,463 people …
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa (KCRG) – KCRG-TV9 received several phone calls and messages from viewers on Friday evening saying they were seeing a long line of lights in the sky west of our viewing area. The good news: they are not UFOs! After a brief investigation, we decided that the lights …
Read More »Chuck Grassley, the second oldest senator, tests positive for COVID-19
And Washington Washington – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, 87, the second-oldest member of the Senate at age 87, said in a statement that he was tested positive. Corona virus. Grassley announced that he was initially infected with the virus on Tuesday. “This morning I found out I had a coronavirus …
Read More »COVID-19 patients in ICU highest in early June, ventilator record high
DES MOINS, Iowa (KCRG) – Hospital admissions were high on Saturday due to a novel coronavirus illness, with thousands more cases and additional deaths reported, according to figures provided by state officials. As of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the Iowa Department of Public Health said 4,249 additional cases of COVD-19 had …
Read More »Early covid treatments can be a ‘bridge’ for the vaccine, Fawcett says
We are tracking the latest coronavirus outbreak and global response. Sign up here for our daily newsletter on what you need to know. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said monoclonal antibodies, which stop the spread of coronavirus in the body, are part of …
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