DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Despite hundreds of new cases and additional deaths reported by state officials, the number of patients in Iowa hospitals in intensive care units declined during the most recent reporting period.
As of 10:30 a.m. Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health said 1,312 additional cases of COVID-19 had been reported since Saturday morning, bringing the state’s total population to 115,775 since the onset of the epidemic. This is the first time that 1,000 cases added each time showed a five-straight 24-hour reporting period. 87,709 people are believed to recover from the disease, an increase of 260.
The 7-day rolling average of positive tests is 1,245 per day, which increases Saturday’s record mark.
Five additional deaths were reported by the state, with a total of 1,634.
541 patients are hospitalized due to a net deficiency of COVID-19, four. 119 of those patients are in intensive care units, 11. A net reduction of 42 patients requires the use of a ventilator, a net decrease of seven. In the past 24 hours, 85 patients were admitted to hospitals due to the disease, down from a record 101 patients in the previous 24-hour reporting period.
5,010 tests were conducted by public and private laboratories since Saturday morning. The positivity rate for that batch of tests was 26.2%. Since the onset of the epidemic, 936,811 trials have been conducted in the state.
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