(Des Moines)– State health officials are reporting a 14-percent increase this past week in the number of COVID patients in Iowa hospitals.
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s website shows the number of patients hospitalized with the virus Wednesday morning is 721. Nearly 24 percent of those patients are in intensive care units.
This is the fourth straight week Iowa hospitals are reporting an increase in the number of COVID.
The state’s data indicates 69 percent of Iowa adults are fully vaccinated while 72 percent of Iowans age 12 and up have had at least dose of COVID vaccine.
