Over 870,000 Iowans have completed the COVID-19 vaccine series

On Apr 18, 2021

FOR SNOW COMING UP SHORTLY. LAURA: MORE IOWANS CONTINUE TO GET VACCINATED THIS WEEKEND, AS THE NUMBER OF DOSES ADMINISTERED IN IOWA CLIMBS INTO THE MILLIONS. KCCI’S KAYLA JAMES TAKES A LOOK AT WHERE IOWA STANDS TODAY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE PANDEMIC >> LAURA, VACCINE CLINICS ACROSS IOWA WERE IN FULL SWING TODAY, ADDING ON TO IOWA’S CONTINUOUSLY GROWING LIST OF PEOPLE LOOKING TO BE BETTER PROTECTED AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS. MORE THAN 2 MILLION DOSES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED ACROSS IOWA. OTHER STATE NUMBERS SHOW OVER 870,000 IOWANS ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED. AND MORE THAN 383,000 ARE HALFWAY TO BEING COMPLETELY VACCINATED, WAITING TO RECEIVE THE SECOND DOSE. MANY IOWANS TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO ADD ON TO THOSE NUMBERS, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CLINICS ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA, LIKE IN CARROLL AND HERE AT THE CORINTHIAN BAPTIST CHURCH IN DES MOINES. DRAKE UNIVERSITY ALSO HELD ONE TODAY. THEY HAD TO CHANGE FROM USING THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE TO PFIZER DUE TO THE FEDERAL PAUSE ON J&J’S VACCINE. I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH A PHARMACIST THIS WEEK ABOUT THE PAUSE. SHE AND OTHERS WORRY THAT IT’S CAUSED VACCINE HESITATION. SHE SAYS PEOPLE SHOULDN’T COMPLETELY TURN AWAY FROM GETTING THE VACCINE JUST BECAUSE OF THIS PAUSE. >> PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE THAT IS EXTREMELY RARE. IT IS MORE RARE THAN A LOT OF COMMON MEDICATION, SIDE EFFECTS. MEDICATIONS THAT WE TAKE EVERY DAY, AND DON’T THINK ARE DANGEROUS. SO IT’S ALL A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE. >> SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN 13-MONTHS AGO, THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS NEARLY 389,000 POSITIVE TESTS HAVE COME THROUGH. MORE THAN 5800 IOWANS HAVE DIED, AND IT’S A NUMBER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WANT TO PREVENT WHICH — PREVENT FROM GOING — GROWING WHICH IS WHY MANY ARE STRESSING THE NEED FOR THE VACCINE. LESLIE HERRON SAYS SHE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER THE J&J PAUSE, SHE RECOMMENDS REACHING OUT TO THEIR PHARMACISTS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. IN DES MOINES, KAYLA JAMES, KCCI 8 NEWS IOW

The Iowa Department of Public health on Sunday reported 841 new COVID-19 positive tests and three additional deaths.At 10 a.m., the health department reported 389,172 total positive tests, 340,679 total recoveries and 5,881 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 388,331 total positive tests and 5,878 total deaths.Iowa reports 2,038,167 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 870,794 individuals have completed the vaccine series.Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is at 4.5% and the 7-day average is now 4.3%. Health department data shows 4,665,185 total tests have been administered.There are now 204 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 233 the previous day. Iowa reports 48 patients in ICU and 20 patients on ventilators.Two of Iowa’s long-term care facilities report COVID-19 outbreaks. The health department reports 23 positive cases and four recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. The state reports 2,301 care facility deaths since the pandemic began.The Iowa Department of Public Health offers virus data in real-time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary based on the date reported at 10 a.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

The Iowa Department of Public health on Sunday reported 841 new COVID-19 positive tests and three additional deaths.

At 10 a.m., the health department reported 389,172 total positive tests, 340,679 total recoveries and 5,881 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 388,331 total positive tests and 5,878 total deaths.

Iowa reports 2,038,167 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 870,794 individuals have completed the vaccine series.

Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is at 4.5% and the 7-day average is now 4.3%. Health department data shows 4,665,185 total tests have been administered.

There are now 204 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 233 the previous day. Iowa reports 48 patients in ICU and 20 patients on ventilators.

Two of Iowa’s long-term care facilities report COVID-19 outbreaks. The health department reports 23 positive cases and four recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. The state reports 2,301 care facility deaths since the pandemic began.

The Iowa Department of Public Health offers virus data in real-time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary based on the date reported at 10 a.m.