The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in Iowa hospitals declined Thursday morning to 1,269 — the first time since Nov. 15 it has dipped below 1,300.While the drop from 1,305 a day earlier is good news for hospitals enacting emergency plans for coping with a surge of coronavirus patients, it is a mixed bag at best.The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the state still is triple what it was during the next-largest surge in April.
Covid-19 Hospitalizations Dip But Remain High
Trish Mehaffey, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Thu, 11/26/2020 - 4:28pm
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Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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