How many people are in hospitals?
At 10 a.m. Friday, the state reported 76 people with the virus were being hospitalized in the state s fifth RMCC, which includes Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello and Washington counties, as well as 22 patients in the region s intensive care units. The region last peaked at 371 hospitalized patients on Nov. 18 and 19, and 102 in its ICUs on Nov. 19.
Officials reported 348 COVID-19 patients hospitalized across the state Friday morning, including 66 in ICUs; the previous highs were 1,527, reported Nov. 18, and 288, reported Nov. 17. Three of Iowa s 99 counties were reporting 14-day positivity rate averages of at or higher than 15%. Most counties including Johnson, at 7.3% were reporting 14-day positivity rate averages of less than 10%. Twelve were 14-day reporting positivity rates of less than 5%.
At 10 a.m. Wednesday, Iowa reported another 1,196 cases of COVID-19 and 56 additional COVID-19-related deaths including another in Johnson County since the state s tally at 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to Coronavirus.Iowa.gov.
Officials report a total of 4,975 people with COVID-19 have died from the disease across the state, including 63 in Johnson County. The death reported Wednesday was the first this week after five were reported Sunday, for a total of 10 reported here last week and 15 in the month of January. The county s first was reported April 4.
Deaths reported are not deaths that have occurred within the past 24 hours, but only represent deaths that were added to the IDPH dashboard within the past 24 hours. It often takes more than a week or even two or three for a death to be added to the IDPH dashboard after a person has died.