(Des Moines, Iowa) – Iowa’s COVID-19 positivity rate is on the rise again as the number of Iowan testing positive for the virus continues to climb. The Iowa Department of Public Health released new COVID-19 data Friday that shows the number of positive tests at 7,501 in the last week, up from 6,816 at last report on Wednesday. The 14-day positivity rate climbed from 8.2% to 8.4% since Wednesday. A total of 533,872 positive tests have been reported in Iowa since the start of the pandemic.

While the number of positive tests has been climbing for more than a week, hospitalizations numbers are down. There are 464 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Iowa, down from 483 on Wednesday. Of those hospitalized with COVID-19, 73.8% are unvaccinated, while 82.6% of those listed in intensive care with the virus are unvaccinated. The number of long-term care facilities reporting outbreaks in Iowa climbed from 23 to 27.

There have been 3,796,829 vaccine doses administered in Iowa, with 68.1% of those 18 and older fully vaccinated and 70.6% of those 12 and older with at least one dose.