UPDATE Jan 8, 2021: The hopeful news of no recent deaths among nursing home residents apparently was related to the state’s record keeping. Iowa reported an additional 538 deaths of residents of long-term care facilities on Jan. 8, for a total of 1,677, after remaining steady at 1,139 since Dec. 30. Statewide, Iowa reported a […]
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Heartbreak for one family is Christmas m...
A Norwalk, Iowa, teen received what could be considered the ultimate Christmas gift: a new heart. The day before Christmas Eve, 18-year-old Brooklyn Soroka was at work when she received a phone call letting her know about the match, according to University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City. At midnight on Christmas Eve, […]
Iowa to receive less COVID-19 vaccine th...
UPDATE Dec. 17, 2020: The Iowa Department of Public Health released the new allocation numbers for COVID-19 vaccine, with 65,000 doses from Pfizer (30,000 fewer than expected) and 73,300 from Moderna, (3,700 fewer) for a total of 138,300, or 33,700 doses less than the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention initially projected. No reason was […]
First Iowan receives COVID-19 vaccine as...
A nurse at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics received the first COVID-19 vaccine in Iowa on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. David Conway, a registered nurse in the emergency department, was informed by his director that he would be the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, he said after receiving the shot this morning. The […]
Coronavirus deaths spike as Iowa changes...
UPDATE Dec. 9, 2020: Just one day after changing its method of reporting COVID-19 deaths, Iowa has surpassed 3,000 deaths during the pandemic. As of 10:30 a.m. Dec. 9, the state reported 3,021 Iowans have died of the virus, up 102 from the previous day, with 2,768 listing COVID-19 as the underlying cause and 253 […]
Reported COVID-19 deaths skyrocket in Io...
UPDATE Dec. 4, 2020: One day after Iowa reported a jump in coronavirus deaths, the state reported another record high single-day death toll on Dec. 4, with 84 COVID-19 deaths, bringing the state’s total to 2,603 Iowans who have died since the start of the pandemic. Public health officials are pleading with Iowans to wear […]
Governor plans no changes as Iowa report...
UPDATE Nov. 26, 2020: On Thanksgiving Day, Iowa reported another record high number of nursing home coronavirus outbreaks, with 152. An additional 15 care center residents tied to the outbreaks have died, bringing the total to 1,038. Deaths from COVID-19 in Iowa increased by 41 in the past 24 hours, for a total of 2,312 […]
Iowa reports highest daily coronavirus d...
Less than two days after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced what some predict will be an insufficient response to the coronavirus pandemic, the state reported its highest daily death toll, with 40 Iowans dead from COVID-19. The new deaths, reported the morning of Nov. 18, 2020, bring Iowa’s total coronavirus deaths to 2,064. Because of […]
Iowa governor announces COVID-19 mitigat...
UPDATE Nov. 17, 2020: Less than a day after Gov. Kim Reynolds’ televised appearance, Iowa surpassed 2,000 COVID-19 deaths. With 33 deaths in the past 24 hours, the state’s death toll now stands at 2,024. In addition, Iowa also set a new record for hospitalizations, with 1,510 COVID-19 patients; a record high 288 patients in […]
Iowa at “critical point” in pandemic as
UPDATE Nov. 10, 2020: Iowa again surpassed its record of COVID-19 hospitalizations, with 1,135 patients hospitalized in the past 24 hours. In the same period, the state hit a new record of 102 nursing home outbreaks. As of Nov. 10, 90 of Iowa’s 99 counties have 14-day positivity rates of 15 percent or more, with […]