The number of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 this week are at the highest level seen in nearly a year. leaping to 721 from 623 last week. Patient counts statewide leaped for the fourth week in a row, according to the state public health department.
New COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations have increased again this week as Iowans prepare to gathering with family and loved ones for Thanksgiving celebrations this week.
Iowa, along with other states, is receiving an advanced shipment of 99,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by Nov. 4 to facilitate a quick start to the new phase of the nationwide vaccination campaign. Federal approval of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 is expected by the first week in November.
With booster shots for all three COVID-19 vaccines approved by federal regulators, the Iowa Department of Public Health has issued guidance for Iowans who want to receive one of the boosters.
The state has again adjusted the way it is reporting COVID-19 data, this time pushing its weekly release of updated hospitalization data to 11:45 p.m.
Speakers pleaded with the Iowa State Board of Education Thursday to ask the governor to rescind the law banning school districts from requiring masks.
A Utah lawyer is seeking records about the state’s $26 million no-bid contract for the Test Iowa program.
A state board meant to help oversee Iowa’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has not met since May because it does not have enough members.
Forty Iowans, including some Cedar Rapidians, are receiving the rabies vaccine regimen after a wild bat was spotted during an overnight campout at the zoo in Omaha.
Some communities -- including cities in Iowa -- have stopped adding fluoride to drinking water, possibly based on misinformation. A new Iowa law that went into effect July 1 requires water system operators to give residents at least a 90-day notice before they stop adding flouride to drinking water.
The total number of people in Iowa who have tested positive for the virus is 374,253, according to state data.
Iowa on Friday reported 96 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of individuals in the state who have tested positive for the virus since the start of the pandemic to 374,038, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health. Two new, confirmed deaths were also reported.
Linn County’s seven-day average of new cases at lowest point since June 17, 2020.
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