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Iowa Coronavirus update 7/28/20

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July 28th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

(UPDATE 10-a.m., 7/28/20) – The State’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Tuesday) shows 253 additional positive, confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24-hour reporting period, and seven more deaths from the virus. IDPH reported 3,327 individuals tested Monday, with a 7.2% positivity rate. There have been 458,738 Iowans tested for the virus. One of 7 Iowans have been tested and one of 74 have tested positive.

The IDPH says 414,286 Iowans have tested Negative; 30,476 have recovered from the virus, and 836 have died. Hospitalization data show: 253 are hospitalized across the State from COVID-19 (an increase of 12 from yesterday); 75 patients are in an ICU (3 less than Monday); 30 were admitted to a hospital since Monday’s report, and 31 people were on a ventilator.

Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: 2 more hospitalizations from COVID-19, for a total of 13; Four more are in an ICU, for a total of nine; two people with virus symptoms were admitted to the hospital since Monday, and one person remains on a ventilator.

Long-Term Care facility (LTC) data show 21 outbreak (One less than yesterday), 651 staff/patients have tested positive for COVID-19, 213 have recovered, and 455 have died (7 more than reported on Monday).

IDPH Dashboard, current County Positive case counts, and the number of reported recoveries ( )

  • Cass: 37, (29)
  • Adair: 20, (16)
  • Adams: 13, (Recovery data not available)
  • Audubon: 25, (no recovery data available)
  • Guthrie: 122 [3 more than on Monday], (69)
  • Montgomery: 39 [1 more than yesterday], (20)
  • Pottawattamie: 1,049 [3 more than on Monday], (760)
  • Shelby: 135 [2 more than on Monday], (126)