226 new COVID-19 cases reported in Story County; The New York Times names Ames hot spot for the virus in the United States

Another 226 instances of COVID-19 were reported in Story County this weekend, on the state’s coronavirus website.

At 10 a.m. on Monday, it showed that another 2,362 people in Story County had tested positive for the virus, an increase of 226 of the total of 2,136 cases Friday at 11 a.m.Of those reported, 1,132 had recovered, the status reported..

The state’s online page showed Monday that Story County’s average percentage of positive instances for more than 14 days was 21.3 percent, nearly double the 10.9% figure across Canada.state.

COVID-19 is the disease through coronavirus.

Over the weekend, The New York Times recognized Ames as an access point with the number of new cases in the country relative to its population over the next two weeks.According to Times figures, which are other figures published across the state, Ames has recorded 964 cases in the last two weeks among its population of 97,117.That’s a rate of 8.2 instances consisting of 1,000 people.

The Times said Iowa City had a consistent time with the rate of viruses in the country, with 1,664 cases in the last two weeks among its 173105 inhabitants, 7.6 cases consisting of 1,000 people.

Ames is also the most sensitive in the list of spaces where new instances are developing faster.The Times compared to the number of instances a week ago with existing totals and adjusted by population size.Ames recorded an accumulation of 640 instances consisting of 100,000 inhabitants, according to the Times.Iowa City, fourth on this list, with 552 new instances consisting of 100,000 inhabitants.

80% of Story County instances went through others between the ages of 18 and 40, the state reported.Across the state, 49% of other people with the virus belong to this younger demographic.

A total of 24,406 other people in the county have been tested for the virus, according to the state count.

Despite the epidemic of cases, no new deaths have been reported in recent days.Since the onset of the pandemic, 16 other people with COVID-19 in Story County have died, according to the state.

A new Iowa test site at Iowa State University Research Park is scheduled to open Monday.

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that Iowa is counting the effects of antigen testing, an immediate type of coronavirus test, which will increase reported infection rates in some counties.

At 10 a.m. on Monday, the state reported 1,112 COVID-19-related deaths, according to the state website Coronavirus.Iowa.gov, a stack of two deaths the previous day.

The state has replaced knowledge verification reports, which has led to spikes in the positive knowledge rate.Prior to the changes, the state constantly reported a positivity rate, i.e. the percentage of positive controls, less than 10%.The state reported a positive result of 10.2% since the start of the pandemic.Of the checks the state has reported since 10 a.m.19% were positive, according to research through the Des Moines registry.

Of the 64,713 others who tested positive, 46,663 recovered, according to the state.The total number of other people who took the test is 633,664, totaling 1,146 on Sunday.

At 10 am. On Monday, the state reported 299 hospitalizations, compared to 308 on Sunday; In the last 24 hours, 23 patients have been admitted; in addition, there are patients in the ICU, compared to 88 on Sunday.

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