COVID-19 positive cases surge past 100,000 in Iowa

Johnson and Johnson vaccines will be distributed by Iowa State.

Johnson and Johnson vaccines will be distributed by Iowa State.

Jill Even

The Iowa Department of Public Health reported a total of 432 new coronavirus cases since the state’s last tally at 10 a.m. Sunday.

The total number of cases is now 100,052. The overall positivity rate is at 11.6 percent.

An additional 17 deaths have been reported, bringing the state’s total death count to 1,471.

In Story County, at total of 3,718 positive cases have been reported. No new deaths have been reported in the county. The death toll remains at 17.