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Iowa sees 31% increase in Covid hospitalizations in past 2 weeks

October 1, 2020 By O. Kay Henderson

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The number of Iowa nursing home residents who’ve died of Covid-19 has surpassed 700.

Nursing home residents account for just over half of all Covid deaths in Iowa and the state website shows there are currently coronavirus outbreaks at 52 long-term care facilities.

The number of Iowans hospitalized for treatment of Covid today is 31% higher than it was two weeks ago. The state’s corornavirus website lists 407 hospitalized patients today.

The number of Covid patients in intensive care is 13% higher than it was two weeks ago.

Lyon County in northwest Iowa now has the highest Covid positivity rate among residents who’ve been tested in the past two

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weeks. The state website shows 31 percent of Lyon County residents screened for Covid in the past 14 days had the virus.

Another dozen counties have two-week averages showing at least 15% of those who have been tested for Covid had the virus.

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