(Des Moines, IA) — The weekly report from the Iowa Department of Public Health shows the number of COVID cases statewide has increased nearly 170 percent in the past week. The number of COVID patients in Iowa hospitals has significantly increased this summer, from 46 on June 24th to 355 Wednesday. Megan Schaeffer — an epidemiologist from the Polk County Health Department — is urging people to get vaccinated and wear masks in public indoor settings. She estimates as many as 600 people with active infections a day, on average, maybe at the State Fair this year.
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