(Area) According to the Department of Public Health and Human Services, the number of people hospitalized in the nation’s hospitals is down 34-percent from the delta-variant peak reached last month. The country averaged more than 101,200 new cases per day over the past week, down 41-percent from a rise in the Delta-driven wave reached in mid-September. The Center for Disease Control reports 56-percent of the total U.S. population is fully vaccinated.
Last week, The Iowa Department of Public Health’s seven-day data showed 773 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, September 29 through Wednesday, October 6.
