More than 2,000 additional positive COVID-19 cases reported in Iowa

Johnson and Johnson vaccines will be distributed by Iowa State.

Johnson and Johnson vaccines will be distributed by Iowa State.

Jill Even

According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, 187,020 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 2,335 since yesterday.

In addition to this, 108,187 individuals have recovered from COVID-19 in Iowa. A total of 1,991 people in Iowa have died from COVID-19 six more deaths since Sunday.

In Story County 5,540 individuals have tested positive 23 more since Sunday. In Story County 3,836 Iowans have recovered from COVID-19 and the number of deaths remains at 18.

There are 1,019 patients hospitalized in Iowa with COVID-19 as the primary diagnosis, and 373 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 as a secondary diagnosis. The age group that makes up the largest percent of these hospitalizations, approximately 27 percent, are those 70 to 79 years of age.