The state ended its five-week decline in hospitalization numbers this week, with a 10 percent increase in the number of people who are hospitalized with the disease.
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A four-week trend of declining COVID-19 cases in Iowa ended this week when state’s department of health and human services reported a slight uptick in infections.
The number of new COVID-19 cases in Iowa fell by 4.5 percent over the last week, while deaths from the disease increased by 10 percent.
Of the 30 new deaths reported, two were in Johnson County
Although just 39 percent of Americans 65 and older have had both the initial COVID vaccine series plus an updated bivalent booster against the omicron strain, new University of Iowa-involved research shows “significant protection” from that bivalent shot among those older adults.
45 deaths from COVID-19 reported in the past week, including three in Linn County
“The world has changed a lot in the last two and a half years, and the ways that we're trying to protect health care workers, and society as a whole, are different, too,” said study co-principal investigator Nicholas Mohr, UI professor of emergency medicine, anesthesia and epidemiology.
The state reports Linn County recorded three deaths and 327 new cases of the virus - up from 311 new cases last week. Johnson County also saw an uptick in cases - 207 over the last week, compared with 165 the previous week.
Dennis W. Haggerty Jr. of Burr Ridge pleaded guilty in March to wire fraud and money laundering charges for taking more than $2.5 million from hospitals in Chicago and Iowa.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds joined 24 other Republican governors in calling on President Joe Biden to end the federal COVID public health emergency.
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