DES MOINES, Iowa - The state has 258 new cases of COVID-19, along with two additional death as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. Daily reported deaths have generally been falling over the past several weeks.
Of the total positive tests reported, 25 percent had preexisting conditions, while 51 percent did not and 24 percent are unknown.
Iowa's cumulative totals include 26,601 who have tested positive out of 268,435 tests overall with a positive rate of 9.2 percent. There are a total of 690 deaths from COVID-19 in Iowa. Seventy percent of the deaths involve preexisting conditions, while seven percent did not and 23 percent are unknown. Recoveries from the virus total 16,727 with a recovery rate of 63 percent.
There have been 775,933 COVID-19 assessments in Iowa, which amounts to roughly 24 percent of the state's population of 3.155 million.
The state reports 4,067 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 12 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 grow.
Buena Vista County now has 8,418 cases per 100,000 residents. By comparison, Crawford County has the second highest concentration per 100,000 - 3,748. Polk, the largest population county in the state, has 1,148 cases per 100,000. Overall cases have been on the rise in Polk County, and have surpassed 5,500 total.
The state has conducted 30,142 Serology tests to find anti-bodies in people who have contracted and recovered for COVID-19. There have been 2,222 positive Serology tests, accounting for 7 percent of those tests.
The state is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 30 long term care centers, down one from Tuesday. There have been 356 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.