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Another record for COVID-19 hospitalizations

Posted on 01 November 2020 by KWBG

On Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health identified 2,887 new cases of COVID-19, an increase from the 2,823 positive coronavirus tests that were reported 24 hours before.  Over 130,000 Iowans have now contracted COVID-19 and 1,716 have died of coronavirus:  ten on Saturday, including one from Polk County, and another in Sunday’s update.  Since 5:00 on Friday afternoon in central Iowa, 720 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Polk County for a total of 20,685;140 this weekend in Dallas for 3,766; 96 in Story for 4,251; 43 in Webster for 2,043 there; 16 in Greene for 210; 12 in Hamilton for 504; and 36 in Boone County for 797 overall.  Statewide, there are a record number of patients hospitalized for coronavirus:  676, which is up 46 from Saturday, but more than 93,500 Iowans have recovered, 560 in Boone County alone.  For the one in three Iowans who have been tested for COVID-19, the infection rate has jumped almost a full percentage point this past week, to 13.3%.

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