Iowa exceeds 10,000 COVID-19 deaths

Des Moines Register
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Good afternoon. Hope you're enjoying this cooler Wednesday! Welcome to another edition of the Coronavirus Watch newsletter.

A grim milestone

Iowa has surpassed another grim milestone.

The Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported the state's 10,000th death in which COVID-19 was either the underlying cause or a contributing factor. The state's official death toll for the pandemic is now 10,051.

It comes despite a week-over-week decrease in new reported cases, and even as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported a small decline in the number of people hospitalized with the disease in Iowa.

  • Confirmed cases: 853,840, an increase of 2,908

  • Deaths: 10,051, an increase of 57

  • Hospitalizations: 219, down from 232 one week ago

  • Patients in intensive care: 19, down from 21

Until next time, stay safe and meet Neville, a baby white rhino at the San Diego Zoo.

— Brian Smith, audience strategist, bsmith@dmreg.com

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