DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to drop in Iowa, while the positivity rate is edging upward after showing declines through the month of December.
KCCI reports that the state’s 14-day positivity rate is 12.8%, up from 12.7% the previous day. The state’s 7-day positivity rate climbed from 11.5% to 11.7%. The number of counties reporting a 14-day positivity rate greater than 15% is also on the rise. Forty-three of Iowa’s 99 counties now report a rate at 15% or higher. That’s four more counties than the previous day.
There are currently 572 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, a decrease of three over the previous 24 hours. The number of patients admitted in the last 24 hours increased from 83 to 88. There are 119 patients listed in intensive care and 60 patients on ventilators.
The health department also reported that the number of deaths increased by 48 to 3,946. The number of cases rose to 283,144.
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