Iowa COVID cases up slightly

1,863 instances up 2 % from earlier week

At-home COVID-19 check kits await cargo to the Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory on Jan. 11 at Linn County Public Well being in Cedar Rapids. Iowa noticed a slight improve within the variety of COVID instances and virus-related hospitalizations up to now week. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

The variety of new COVID-19 instances elevated barely to 1,863 up to now week, up 2 % from the earlier week, the Iowa Division of Public Well being reported Wednesday.

Within the earlier week, 1,827 new instances have been reported. The precise complete is probably going increased, given the provision of at-home check kits, which aren’t reported to the state.

Up to now, 866,615 folks have examined constructive in Iowa because the pandemic arrived within the state in March 2020.

In Linn County, 186 new instances have been reported up to now week, up from 144 reported the earlier week. The county has seen 61,588 instances since March 2020.

In Johnson County, 139 instances have been reported up to now week, up from 120 the week earlier than. Johnson County has had 42,953 instances.

Deaths

The state confirmed 22 deaths, together with one in Linn County, from the virus up to now week. Final week, that quantity was 30.

Since March 2020, 10,229 Iowans have died from the virus. That quantity contains 629 deaths in Linn County.

Hospitalizations

COVID-related hospitalizations elevated from 161 to 180 in Iowa, and intensive-care sufferers elevated from 9 to 17 up to now week, in line with the U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers.

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