DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Hundreds more Iovans were reported to have tested positive for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, adding to a total now more than 52,000 in the state.
As of 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 16, the Iowa Department of Public Health has reported 666 additional cases of COVID-19 since Saturday morning, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 52,306. 40,493 are considered recovering from the disease, an increase of 124.
Two additional deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 975.
271 patients have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, a net increase of 10 since Saturday morning. 80 of those patients are in intensive care units, a net decrease of two. 34 patients require the use of a ventilator, a net reduction of one. The total number of hospitals is at its highest level since June 5th. However, state officials have warned that some hospital admission data may be skewed by some patients previously treated in a long-term care facility who are being taken to a hospital after damage to their facility during Monday’s storms .
A total of 6,292 tests were reported by public and private labs in the last 24 hours. The positivity rate of tests in that reporting period was 10.6%, slightly higher than the previous period of 8.7%. A total of 558,681 tests for COVID-19 have been processed in Iowa since the beginning of the pandemic.
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