The latest weekly update on the state of the novel coronavirus in Iowa shows a large increase in cases and hospitalizations, but no significant upward trend in deaths from the virus.
The Iowa Department of Public Health said that 1,396 people tested positive for COVID-19 between July 15 and July 21, around 51.7% more cases than the 920 in the previous week. This is about 199.4 cases per day over seven days. A total of 376,674 people have tested positive since the start of the pandemic.
7,794 individuals were newly-tested for the novel coronavirus in the past week, slightly higher than the previous week’s 7,300. The positivity rate of this batch of tests is 17.9%, significantly higher than the previous week’s 12.6% positivity rate.
12 additional people have died with COVID-19 since July 14, or 6,170 total.