Nearly 40 percent of all Iowans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Nearly 40 percent of all Iowans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health.

As of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday 1,236,536 Iowans — or 39.19 percent of the state’s population — had completed the COVID-19 vaccine, an increase of 9,093 from Tuesday.

The number of people who have been fully vaccinated within the state, non-Iowans included, was 1,286,083.

The state reported 1,182,686 people have completed the Moderna or Pfizer two-shot regimen, while 103,397 people have received the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

The number of total doses administered in the state as of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday was 2,641,662.

In Linn County, 98,257 people were fully vaccinated as of Wednesday. That is 43.34 percent of the county’s total population.

In Johnson County, that number was 75,555, or 49.99 percent of the county’s total population.

New cases

Iowa added 284 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday. That brings the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 to 369,921.

The state’s seven-day average for new cases is 208.

Linn County added 13 COVID-19 cases as of 11 a.m. Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 20,947. The county’s seven-day average was 17.

Johnson County reported six cases for a county total of 14,513 and a seven-day average of seven.

Sixty-one of the new cases were among children up to age 17, bringing the total in that age group to 44,226.

Additionally, two cases were reported among education workers, bringing that total to 7,737.

Confirmed deaths

Iowa reported five new confirmed COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, raising the state’s death toll to 6,018. Two of those who died were between 61 and 80, and three were 81 or older.

The deaths occurred between Jan. 1 and May 14. One death each was reported in Butler, Monona, Pottawattamie, Scott and Webster counties.

Hospitalizations

Across the state, virus hospitalizations went from 142 to 145 during the 24-hour period ending at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

The number of intensive-care patients rose from 40 to 44, and the number of patients on ventilators went from 21 to 22.

Long-term care facilities

Two long-term care facility in Iowa are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks with a total of 17 people who are sick.

An outbreak is considered three or more cases among a facility’s residents and staff.

To date, 2,344 people in these facilities have died as the result of COVID-19, accounting for nearly 39 percent of the state’s death toll.

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John McGlothlen of The Gazette contributed to this report.