(Radio Iowa) – The number of Iowa hospital patients who’ve tested positive for Covid has dropped by about three percent since Wednesday. State data shows six out of 10 patients in an Iowa hospital today were admitted for treatment of Covid. And about 18-and-a-half percent of those Covid patients are in an intensive care unit.

The number of Iowa nursing homes with Covid outbreaks continues to rise — more than doubling in the past two weeks. Nursing home residents were at the head of the line when Covid vaccines became available a year ago. The A-A-R-P’s state director is calling on Iowa nursing homes to require booster shots for residents and staff.

The state’s coronavirus website shows 69 nursing homes have Covid outbreaks today. The state’s vaccination rate has inched up. One-point-eight MILLION Iowans are fully vaccinated. That’s just under 60 percent of the state’s population.