Comment on Iowa coronavirus toll adds 630 cases, 5 more deaths

Despite five more people dying of the coronavirus and 630 more people confirmed with infections, the number of people hospitalized with the disease has slightly dropped, according to state public health data over a 24-hour period ending at 11 a.m. Sunday.With the latest tallies added, the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in the state is now 930; and the people who have tested positive for the infection is 48,742.Of the 6,934 test results in the 24-hour-period, about 9.09 percent were positive.According to the data, one person in each of five counties died during the period as a result of the virus: Boone, Davis, Henry, Linn and Woodbury.Hospitalizations dropped in the period from 229 to 221.