SPM NEWS 3.8.21 - 4:32PM
Today is the one-year anniversary of the first positive cases of COVID-19 in the state of Iowa. Then were there three positive cases, since the start of Pandemic with more than 367,000 positive test results. There have been 5,559 deaths statewide and 214 in Woodbury County.
The Iowa Department of Public Health reports one more death due to complications of COVID-19 and almost 140 positive cases, including eight in Woodbury County.
The 14-day test positivity rate is 6.1%. That is two-percentage points higher than the statewide average. Almost two weeks ago the local rate was 4.7%.
There are almost 170 hospitalized across the state with 15 at Sioux City’s two major medical facilities. That is an increase of seven patients since Friday.
As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, there s an end or at least relief in sight: Vaccines. With reports Iowa will allow more groups to begin receiving their COVID vaccine Monday, March 8, there s a new push my state leaders to acquire a larger supply of the most recently approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Why? It s a single shot vax that leaders say will help the states more rural population.
A Radio Iowa report highlights comments made by Representative Ashley Hinson, Representative Randy Feenstra and Congresswoman Marianette Miller-Meeks who point out the new single dose vaccine, which requires less refrigeration, would be easier to get into the arms of Iowa s 1.1 million rural residents.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, there s an end or at least relief in sight: Vaccines. With reports Iowa will allow more groups to begin receiving their COVID vaccine Monday, March 8, there s a new push my state leaders to acquire a larger supply of the most recently approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Why? It s a single shot vax that leaders say will help the states more rural population.
A Radio Iowa report highlights comments made by Representative Ashley Hinson, Representative Randy Feenstra and Congresswoman Marianette Miller-Meeks who point out the new single dose vaccine, which requires less refrigeration, would be easier to get into the arms of Iowa s 1.1 million rural residents.
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