Articles Tagged: COVID-19

Effective June 24, UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital will expand its visitor hours and restrictions on visiting age will be lowered to include those aged 12 and older.

Experts say at least 70 percent of a population needs to be vaccinated in order to create herd immunity against the novel coronavirus. But as demand for the COVID-19 vaccine has dropped sharply in parts of the state, Iowa’s local public health officials aren’t confident their communities will reach that threshold.

Hospitalizations lowest since April 1 of 2020.

More than 44 percent of the state is fully vaccinated

Iowa on Friday reported 70 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of people in the state who have tested positive since March 2020 to 372,964, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health.

Linn County’s Public Health Director says the state needs to strengthen local public health infrastructure.

See Iowa’s statewide vaccination rates statewide and by county, plus daily updates for Linn and Johnson counties

Linn County surpassed 50 percent mark for residents fully vaccinated

As Test Iowa prepares to close next month, state health officials say they will continue to report daily positive COVID-19 cases to Iowa’s public-facing coronavirus dashboard.

The statewide free COVID-19 testing program, Test Iowa, will end operations by July 16. The Linn County testing site in Cedar Rapids will close on Thursday, June 24.

State reports 5 COVID-19 deaths Wednesday

Summer camp resumes with new guidelines after hiatus in 2020

Think Safe in Cedar Rapids was defrauded millions after attempting to purchase masks in October

While masks can be easy to recycle or reserve in case of another surge or viral emergency, large sheets of acrylic glass can be harder to reuse, repurpose, or materially reprocess.

The Twitter account @IAVaccineAlerts that has helped Iowans find open COVID-19 appointments has ended its alerts as demand for the vaccine has significantly dropped.