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Weekly COVID-19 cases decrease for a fourth week
Deaths from the disease increase by 10%
Heather Meador, a public health nurse with Linn County Public Health, answers questions for a woman who was picking up free, at-home COVID-19 PCR test kits in the lobby at the county agency, 1020 Sixth St. SE, in Cedar Rapids in June 2022. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in Iowa decreased over the last week — from 1,566 last week to 1,495 this week. It was the fourth consecutive week of declining infection reports from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
It is likely the actual number of new cases is higher. The results of at-home tests, which are readily available to the public, are not reported to public health agencies in Iowa. The state also does not include COVID-19 re-infections of the same person in its weekly reports.
In Linn County, the state reported 136 new cases, a decrease from 146 reported a week ago. In total, 64,136 Linn County residents have tested positive for the disease.
Johnson County recorded 81 new cases in the last week, a decrease from 105 the week before. That is the lowest number of new cases reported in a week since 43 were reported on March 30, 2022. A total of 44,539 Johnson County residents have tested positive since March 2020.
To date, 895,619 people in Iowa have tested positive for the disease since the pandemic began.
Deaths
The state confirmed 31 deaths from COVID-19 over the last week, an increase from 28 deaths the week before. That includes three deaths in Linn County and three in Johnson County.
Since March 2020, Linn County has reported 659 deaths from COVID-19, and Johnson County has reported 177.
A total of 10,597 Iowans have died of the disease since March 2020.
Hospitalizations
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Iowa decreased from 154 last week, to 135 this week. The number of people in intensive care remained steady at 15.
