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Continuing a downward trajectory from a pre-Thanksgiving spike, COVID-19 hospitalizations in Iowa reached a low Sunday not seen in about four months and finally dipping below last summer's worst surge.
Fewer Iowans are getting tested for COVID-19, and that’s making public health officials nervous. “Anytime you don’t know your status, you could certainly be spreading the virus unknowingly,” said Liz Highland, an advanced registered nurse practitioner at the clinic that manages the bulk of the University of Iowa’s COVID-19 testing. “That’s the biggest risk — that people who have COVID are still out in the public and spreading it.” Over the last month, Dec. 21 through Wednesday, the median number of people tested each day in Iowa was 4,148, down 26 percent from the previous m...
Mon., January 25, 2021 City of Washington crews work Jan. 6 to remove the massive piles of snow from downtown. The city could see the worst of the snow accumulation predicted for a storm Monday — up to a foot, forecasters say. (Caitlin Yamada/ The Union) Be sure to subscribe to The Gazette Daily news podcast, or just tell your Amazon Alexa enabled device to “enable The Gazette Daily News skill" so you can get your daily briefing by simply saying “Alexa, what’s the news?" If you prefer podcasts, you can also find us on iTunes. This is John McGlothlen with the Gazette digital new...
The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in Iowa hospitals dipped below 500 Sunday for the first time in nearly three months.
By John McGlothlen, The Gazette As the number of COVID-19 tests analyzed in Iowa over the holiday weekend plummeted, the state reported 619 new cases and confirmed one death due to the virus Sunday morning. The five Test Iowa drive-through sites, normally closed on weekends, were closed on Christmas Day also. The hiatus resulted in only 1,897 test results being analyzed in the 24-hour period ending at 11 a.m. Sunday, according to data released by the state. Of those tests, nearly 33 percent — 619 — were positive and the others were negative or inconclusive. The number of people tested...