(Des Moines)– The number of Iowa hospital patients who’ve tested positive for COVID as of Friday was up 12 percent from Wednesday. The Iowa Department of Public Health’s website shows nearly 900 COVID hospital patients in the state and 19 percent of them are in intensive care. Eight out of 10 COVID patients in the I-C-U are not vaccinated. About 56 percent of Iowans are fully vaccinated.
The more contagious omicron variant of the virus is now the dominant variant in Iowa according to the C-D-C.
