DES MOINES, Iowa - The state is reporting 173 new cases of COVID-19, along with 5 additional deaths as of 11 a.m. Sunday.
A total of 602 people in Iowa have died from the virus and 21,611 have tested positive for the virus out of 187,365 tests overall.
The state reports 856 people were tested Sunday, and 2,452 Saturday. A high mark of nearly 7,000 people were tested Thursday. Governor Kim Reynolds has set a goal of 5,000 tests per day between the TestIowa program and the state hygientic lab.
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 5,676 cases per 100,000 residents. By comparison, Crawford County has the second highest concentration per 100,000 - 3,328. Polk, the largest population county in the state, has 969 cases per 100,000.
The state has conducted 21,151 Serology tests to find anti-bodies in people who have contracted and recovered for COVID-19. There have been 1,952 positive Serology tests, accounting for 9 percent of those tests.
There have been 12,767 recoveries from the virus for a recovery rate of 59 percent.
The state is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 40 long term care centers. Deaths of patients from those centers total 302, accounting for 50 percent of the state's deaths.
Overall, COVID-19 case counts have flattened since May 6th, and have slowly tapered off.
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.