More than 1,900,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Iowa

NEW THIS MORNING - MORE MASS DRIVE-THRU VACCINATION SITES ARE POPPING UP IN IOWA. KCCI’S TOMMIE CLARK IS HERE WITH HOW POWESHIEK COUNTY IS MAKING THEIR CLINIC POSSIBLE TODAY, TOMMIE? TOMMIE: THEY’RE PREPARED TO VACCINATE 500 IOWANS. THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES TO THIS MASS EVENT. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN POWESHIEK COUNTY TO SHOW UP, AND GET A SHOT. IT’S HAPPENING TODAY FROM 1:30 TO 4:30 P.M. IN THE PARKING LOT OF GRINNELL MUTUAL. VACCINES ARE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE FOR IOWANS 18 AND OLDER. THEY’RE NOT TAKING APPOINTMENTS TODAY. POWESHIEK PUBLIC HEALTH HAS HELD LOTS OF CLINICS, BUT THIS IS THEIR FIRST MASS DRIVE-THRU EVENT. FOUR LINES OF NURSES WILL GEAR UP AND ADMINISTER MODERNA DOSES TO IOWANS. AFTER THE SHOT, PEOPLE WILL BE ASKED TO PARK THEIR CARS FOR 15 MINUTES TO MONITOR ANY POSSIBLE REACTION ORGANIZERS TELL ME, JUST BRING YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE OR OTHER FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. >> IT IS EASIER FOR PEOPLE. THEY GET TO STAY IN THEIR CAR. THEY DON’T HAVE TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT. I MEAN THE WORST THING IS POSSIBLY TO WAIT IN LINE FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN THEY WAIT THE 15 AFTER, BUT ALL OF THAT IS IN THEIR CAR. TOMMIE: IF YOU’RE GOING, USE THE NORTH ENTRANCE OFF HIGHWAY 1-46, AND DRIVE TO THE SOUTH PARKING LO -- IF YOU’RE GOING, USE

The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 733 new positive COVID-19 tests and no additional deaths Wednesday.At 10 a.m., the health department reported 387,202 total positive tests, 339,094 total recoveries and 5,857 total deaths since the pandemic began. The health department reported 386,469 total positive tests and 5,857 total deaths 24 hours earlier.IPDH reports 1,907,934 vaccine doses have been administered in the state, with 798,577 individuals completing the vaccination series. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here. Iowa’s positivity rates are showing declines after topping 5% last week. The 14-day average dropped from 4.9% to 4.7% and the 7-day average dropped from 4.8% to 4.7%. State data shows 4,618,575 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Iowa.The number of Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19 dropped from 220 to 218 in the last 24 hours. There are 57 patients in ICU and 14 patients on ventilators. The number of Iowa’s long-term care facilities reporting outbreaks remains at three. The state reports 31 positive cases and six recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. Iowa reports 2,296 total care facility deaths.The Iowa Department of Public Health provides virus data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily data summary at 10 a.m.Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to hold a news conference Wednesday at 11 a.m. on the state’s response to the virus.You can watch the news conference live on KCCI-TV, the KCCI Breaking News and Weather App, KCCI.com or the KCCI Facebook page.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 733 new positive COVID-19 tests and no additional deaths Wednesday.

At 10 a.m., the health department reported 387,202 total positive tests, 339,094 total recoveries and 5,857 total deaths since the pandemic began. The health department reported 386,469 total positive tests and 5,857 total deaths 24 hours earlier.

IPDH reports 1,907,934 vaccine doses have been administered in the state, with 798,577 individuals completing the vaccination series. Find out how you can get vaccinated in Iowa here.

Iowa’s positivity rates are showing declines after topping 5% last week. The 14-day average dropped from 4.9% to 4.7% and the 7-day average dropped from 4.8% to 4.7%. State data shows 4,618,575 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Iowa.

The number of Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19 dropped from 220 to 218 in the last 24 hours. There are 57 patients in ICU and 14 patients on ventilators.

The number of Iowa’s long-term care facilities reporting outbreaks remains at three. The state reports 31 positive cases and six recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. Iowa reports 2,296 total care facility deaths.

The Iowa Department of Public Health provides virus data in real time on this website. KCCI publishes a daily data summary at 10 a.m.

Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to hold a news conference Wednesday at 11 a.m. on the state’s response to the virus.

You can watch the news conference live on KCCI-TV, the KCCI Breaking News and Weather App, KCCI.com or the KCCI Facebook page.

More than 1,900,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Iowa

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