DES MOINES, Iowa - The state is reporting 297 new cases of COVID-19, along with one additional death as of 10 a.m. Saturday. The number of daily positive cases has risen after dipping below 150 for three straight days during the past week. Daily reported deaths have been falling for several days.
Of the total positive tests reported, 26 percent had preexisting conditions, while 50 percent did not and 24 percent are unknown.
Iowa's cumulative totals include 25,424 who have tested positive out of 249,207 tests overall with a positive rate of 10.2 percent. There are a total of 681 deaths from COVID-19 in Iowa. Seventy percent of the deaths involve preexisting conditions, while six percent did not and 23 percent are unknown.
There have been 743,452 COVID-19 assessments in Iowa, which amounts to roughly 24 percent of the state's population of 3.155 million
The state reports 6,253 people were tested Friday, second highest total after 6,960 tests were performed June 6th. Governor Kim Reynolds has set a goal of 5,000 tests per day between the TestIowa program and the state hygienic lab. One in 13 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 8,252 cases per 100,000 residents. By comparison, Crawford County has the second highest concentration per 100,000 - 3,701. Polk, the largest population county in the state, has 1,110 cases per 100,000. Overall cases have been on the rise in Polk County, and have surpassed 5,000 total.
The state has conducted 28,224 Serology tests to find anti-bodies in people who have contracted and recovered for COVID-19. There have been 2,171 positive Serology tests, accounting for 8 percent of those tests.
The state is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 32 long term care centers. There have been 354 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.