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Oct. 30, 2020Des Moines, Iowa |  By: AP

Iowa coronavirus cases, hospitalizations rapidly increasing


DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Coronavirus spread continues at a high level in Iowa with more than 2,400 new cases identified and more than 600 people hospitalized, a new high.

Iowa Department of Public Health data shows 25 counties had a 14-day positivity rate of more than 15%, an indication that virus activity is at an extremely high level of spread across a quarter of the state's counties.

Daily reported new cases and deaths reached new highs this week. Johns Hopkins University reports that over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases in Iowa has increased by 33%.

Eleven more deaths were reported Thursday, increasing the death toll to 1,691.