Iowa reports 519 new positive COVID-19 tests, 13 additional deaths Share Updated: 9:59 AM CDT Apr 16, 2021
Iowa reports 519 new positive COVID-19 tests, 13 additional deaths Share Updated: 9:59 AM CDT Apr 16, 2021
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Show Transcript AGAINST THE NEW STRAINS. TODAY, DRAKE UNIVERSITY WILL ADMINISTER THE PFIZER VACCINE TO STUDENTS, AFTER FEDERA REGULATORS HIT PAUSE ON NEW THIS THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE. NEW THIS MORNING, KCCI’S TOMMIE CLARK SPOKE WITH PHARMACISTS AHEAD OF THIS REWORKED EVENT. WHAT HAS CHANGED? TOMMIE: ALONG WITH A TYPE OF VACCINE, ALSO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE GETTING VACCINATED HAS CHANGED. DRAKE’S ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO VACCINATE CLOSE TO 2000 PEOPLE HERE AT THE KNAPP CENTER. THEY HAVE HAD TO DOWNSCALE THAT TO CLOSER TO 500 PEOPLE AT THE HARKEN CENTER. UNIVERSITY LEADERS SAY THEY WERE NOT SURPRISED BY THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ON JOHNSON & JOHNSON EARLIER THIS WEEK. THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’VE GOTTEN USED TO CONSTANT CHANGE
Des Moines, Ia- The Iowa Department of Public Health on Monday reported 172 additional positive COVID-19 cases. According to the latest data on the state's coronavirus tracking website, that brings the total number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Iowa to 386,423 since the start of the pandemic. No additional deaths were reported meaning that the total number of deaths remained at 5,857. Hospitalizations increased slightly with 220 total patients hospitalized with 56 in ICUs and 20 on ventilators. As of Tuesday, a total of 1,876,843 COVID-19 vaccinations have been administered in Iowa.