UnityPoint Health is among the hospitals across the state feeling the surge of COVID-19 cases. Hospital Administrator Shari King said they are seeing more COVID activity than this time last year, but clarifies they were not experiencing a spike in cases in September 2020. “UnityPoint ...
DES MOINES — The number of new coronavirus cases in Iowa in the past seven days surged 51% compared to the previous week, and new COVID-19 hospital admissions also increased along with the number of patients requiring intensive care, the state Department of Public Health reported Wednesday. The health department reported 11,588 new positive cases in the past seven days. There were another 64 deaths, more than double the 30 reported in the previous week. The total number of COVID-19 deaths in Iowa increased to 6,401. Iowa’s seven-day moving average of cases is at 1,487 new cases ...
Julie Stevens is a registered nurse in the emergency department at UnityPoint Health – Marshalltown, and she found herself in familiar surroundings in August. However, now she was a patient. Stevens chose not to receive COVID-19 vaccination and had contracted the virus. Because she was a ...
DES MOINES — A federal judge on Monday ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Judge Robert Pratt said in an order signed Monday that the law passed in May ...
The uptick in Iowa’s COVID-19 cases gained steam over the weekend, the New York Times reported. Iowa’s daily average of new cases was up 27 percent over the two weeks that ended Sunday, the Times reported. The comparable two-week figure reported Friday was 23 percent. However, the gain in hospitalizations slowed a bit. As of Sunday, hospitalizations were up 3 percent in two weeks. Friday’s figure was 3.8 percent. The Washington Post reported Iowa’s cases rose 8 percent in the past week. The state ranked 27th in per-capita average new daily cases of ...
Some Marshalltown residents have made opinions of COVID-19 vaccines known online and others have noticed. Dr. Lance Van Gundy went viral on Sept. 2 after posting a live Facebook feed about how people need to get vaccinated because there are no more rooms in Iowa hospitals. Mayor Joel Greer ...
