A SECOND DOSE. INVITED AND SAYS HE WANTS ALL AMERICANS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE MAY FIRST GOVERNOR REYNOLDS BELIEVES, IOWA CAN OPEN UP VACCINATIONS EVEN BEFORE THEN. SO ARE THESE TIME FRAMES REASONABLE? KCCI’S LAUREN JOHNSON ASKED A DOCTOR. THAT’S RIGHT, LAURA AND AS A STATE STILL BATTLES THOSE VACCINATIONS SHORTAGES ONE DOCTOR TELLS ME THAT GOLD CAN BE A LITTLE BIT LOFTY. MORE THAN 225 MILLION AMERICANS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO GET A INCOME MAY FIRST ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN THAT’S MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. HOWEVER, SOME DOCTORS ARE CALLING THAT OBJECTIVE A LITTLE TOO AMBITIOUS AND WHILE I FEEL HIS GOALS ARE VERY LOFTY. I FEEL THAT THEY’RE DOABLE A POSITIVE MILESTONE WAS RECORDED FOR I-1 FRIDAY WITH ONE MILLION DOSES OF VACCINE ADMINISTERED. THIS GOOD NEWS COMES AS SHORTAGES OF VACCINE WHICH COULD BE EVEN MORE EMPHASIZED IF MORE SUPPLY DOESN’T BECOME AVAILABLE. WE GIVE THE VACCINE THAT WE GET. AND WE’RE JUST ALWAYS SEEM TO BE WAITING FOR MORE EARLIER THIS WEEK GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SAID IN PART QUOTE. IN IOWA, IT IS POSSIBLE. WE COULD BEAT THAT DEADLINE AS LONG AS VACCINE SUPPLY INCREASES HAS PROJECTED AND REMAINED STABLE. WE CONTACTED THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO SEE WHAT PLANNING IS UNDERWAY TO GET MORE IOWANS VACCINATED. THEY SAID THEY EXPECT FACILITIES TO OPEN UP MORE APPOINTMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR VACCINATIONS AS WELL A EXPECT TO GET MORE VACCINE WITH LESS THAN 13% OF THE ELIGIBLE POPULATION VACCINATED DOCTORS ARE SAYING CONFIDENCE IS KEY HERE. I THINK THE GOALS ARE GREAT. I REALLY HOPE THEY’LL COME THROUGH AND I’M VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY WILL. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAID DURING A PRESS RELEASE EARLY OR PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT SHE HATES APRIL WILL BE A VERY BIG MONTH FOR IOWA AS FAR AS VACCINATIONS REPORTING LIVE IN DES MOINES. LAUREN JOHNSON
Nearly 400,000 Iowans have completed vaccine series
The Iowa Department of Public health on Sunday reported 286 new COVID-19 cases positive tests and no additional deaths.At 10 a.m., the health department reported 370,522 total positive tests, 324,430 total recoveries and 5,633 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 370,236 total positive tests and 5,633 total deaths.Iowa reports 1,076,880 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered with 394,565 completing the vaccine series.Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is at 3.8%, and the 7-day average is also at 3.8%. Health department data shows 4,240,043 tests have been administered. There are now 160 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 182 the previous day. Iowa reports 40 patients in ICU and 18 patients on ventilators.Three of Iowa’s long-term care facilities report active COVID-19 outbreaks. The health department reports 56 positive cases and 42 recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. The state reports 2,216 care facility deaths.The Iowa Department of Public Health offers virus data in real-time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary based on the date reported at 10 a.m.
The Iowa Department of Public health on Sunday reported 286 new COVID-19 cases positive tests and no additional deaths.
At 10 a.m., the health department reported 370,522 total positive tests, 324,430 total recoveries and 5,633 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 370,236 total positive tests and 5,633 total deaths.
Iowa reports 1,076,880 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered with 394,565 completing the vaccine series.
Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is at 3.8%, and the 7-day average is also at 3.8%. Health department data shows 4,240,043 tests have been administered.
There are now 160 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 182 the previous day. Iowa reports 40 patients in ICU and 18 patients on ventilators.
Three of Iowa’s long-term care facilities report active COVID-19 outbreaks. The health department reports 56 positive cases and 42 recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. The state reports 2,216 care facility deaths.
The Iowa Department of Public Health offers virus data in real-time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily summary based on the date reported at 10 a.m.