162 News COVID-19 Cases Reported in Iowa, One Additional Death

DES MOINES, Iowa - The state is reporting 162 new cases of COVID-19, along with one additional death as of 10 a.m. Monday.

Iowa's cumulative totals include 24,041 who have tested positive out of 227,409 tests overall with 14,431 people recovered from the virus.

The state reports 3,301 people were tested Sunday. A high mark of nearly 7,000 people were tested a week age. Governor Kim Reynolds has set a goal of 5,000 tests per day between the TestIowa program and the state hygienic lab. One in 14 Iowans have been tested for the virus.

Buena Vista County continues to show the biggest concentration of COVID-19 cases based on population, and that number continues to rapidly grow.

Buena Vista County now has 8,005 cases per 100,000 residents. By comparison, Crawford County has the second highest concentration per 100,000 - 3,619. Polk, the largest population county in the state, has 1,062 cases per 100,000. Overall cases have been on the rise in Polk County, and surpassed 5,000 total Friday.

The state has conducted 26,240 Serology tests to find anti-bodies in people who have contracted and recovered for COVID-19. There have been 2,113 positive Serology tests, accounting for 8 percent of those tests.

The state is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 36 long term care centers. There have been 340 long term care center deaths, accounting for 52 percent of the state's total.

Overall, COVID-19 case counts have flattened since early May, and are slowly tapering off for the past month.

The numbers for the state only represent COVID-19 figures compiled by the Iowa Department of Public Health. Unreported cases and deaths could make the actual figures different.


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