IOWA - Iowa now has the 10th highest COVID-19 positivity rate in the country, which is down several notches from recent weeks.
The state's virus website shows a high level of hospitalizations in the last 24-hours (480), and a high mark for nursing home outbreaks (64).
There are also 16 counties with positivity rates high enough to close off schools' from in-person classes.
Iowa recorded its second-highest number of COVID-19 positive cases Saturday (1,544).
Neighboring Wisconsin and Nebraska have the 4th and 5th highest positivity rates, while South Dakota has the 2nd highest.
A number of rural counties in Iowa are currently experiencing bigger spikes in COVID-19. The state's positivity rate is 11.9 percent as of early Monday morning.