(Des Moines, IA) — The total number of Iowa hospital patients with COVID has grown for the tenth straight week for a total of 578 patients by Wednesday night. That’s a 10 percent increase since the middle of last week. Eighty-eight percent of the patients who’re being treated for COVID in an Iowa hospital’s intensive care unit have not been fully vaccinated. Children account for 29 percent of the positive COVID-19 test results in Iowa this past week and seven percent of the COVID patients in Iowa hospitals are under the age of 18.
Iowa COVID-19 Numbers Continue To Rise
Sep 9, 2021 | 8:04 AM
LOCAL NEWS
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LOCAL SPORTS
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