SIOUX CITY -- Sixteen more people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Woodbury County, the Siouxland District Health Department reported Sunday.
Those 16 positives come from 126 new tests performed, for a positivity rate of about 12.7 percent. This is lower than Woodbury County's peak positivity percentage in April, which hit roughly 52 percent at one point, but higher than Iowa's statewide positivity rate of 6.4 percent tallied on Saturday.
In Northwest Iowa, 11 COVID-19 patients are currently in the ICU and two are on ventilators, according to data from Region 3 of Iowa's Regional Medical Coordination Centers (RMCC), which represents counties in Northwest Iowa. In all, 31 patients in the region are currently hospitalized with the virus.
Since the beginning of the outbreak, 38,723 Iowans (or roughly 1 in every 82 residents) has tested positive for the virus. Of these, 27,896, or about 72 percent, are now considered recovered, while 793 have died.