Comment on Iowa sees highest number yet for coronavirus hospitalizations

It was another day for records in Iowa’s fight with COVID-19 infections, but not the kind to be celebrated.The state reported 545 hospitalized novel coronavirus patients for the 24-hour time period of as 11 a.m. Saturday, according to numbers from the Iowa Department of Public Health and analyzed by The Gazette.The previous statewide high was the day before, at 536.The day also saw 1,849 new positive cases — the second-highest tally in a 24-hour period.