COVID Hospitalizations Climb

Statewide Iowa — The state Health Department reports COVID-19 hospitalizations and test positivity rates continue to surge.

The report Wednesday shows hospitalizations increased to 923, the most since December 2020. The 14-day test positivity rate has spiked to 21-point-two percent, with more than 31-thousand new infections confirmed in the past week. State Public Health Department director Kelly Garcia says demand for testing remains very high.

She’s asking Iowans to be strategic about testing as demand remains very high.

The state has confirmed an additional 182 deaths this past week. Fifty-six percent of all Iowans are fully vaccinated against the virus.

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