DES MOINES, Iowa - The state is reporting 120 new cases of COVID-19, along with nine additional death as of 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Iowa's cumulative totals include 24,161 who have tested positive out of 230,262 tests overall with 14,798 people recovered from the virus. The recovery rate is 61 percent. There are a total of 661 deaths from COVID-19 in Iowa
The state reports 3,172 people were tested Monday. 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 8,051 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 1,065 cases per 100,000. Overall cases have been on the rise in Polk County, and surpassed 5,000 total Friday.
The state has conducted 26,567 Serology tests to find anti-bodies in people who have contracted and recovered for COVID-19. There have been 2,122 positive Serology tests, accounting for 8 percent of those tests.
The state is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 35 long term care centers, down one from Monday. There have been 344 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.