DES MOINES, Iowa - The state is reporting 387 new cases of COVID-19, along with 11 additional deaths as of 10 a.m. Friday.
A total of 589 people in Iowa have died from the virus and 21,093 have tested positive for the virus out of 179,812 tests overall.
The state reports 6,960 people were tested Thursday, which by far the high mark for Iowa since testing for the virus began.
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 5,344 case per 100,000 residents, up from 4,892 Thursday. By comparison, Crawford County has the second highest concentration per 100,000 - 3,200. Polk, the largest population county in the state, has 944 cases per 100,000.
The state has conducted 20,598 Serology tests to find anti-bodies in people who have contracted and recovered for COVID-19. There have been 1,917 positive Serology tests, accounting for 9 percent of those tests.
There have been 12,444 recoveries from the virus for a recovery rate of 50 percent.
The state is reporting COVID-19 outbreaks at 40 long term care centers, down from 41 Thursday. Deaths of patients from those centers total 294, 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.