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Iowa COVID-19 Case and Testing Statistics

As of Sunday March 07 2021, Iowa had 282,384 cases of COVID-19 and 5,558 deaths. Over the past week, Iowa was finding 335 new cases per day on average and recording 12.4 deaths per day. Data for Iowa is provided by the COVID Tracking Project and will be updated daily.

Compare Iowa COVID-19 data to other states.

Iowa average daily new cases

The current 7 day rolling average of new case discovery in Iowa is 335.0. The 7 day rolling average of new case discovery last peaked on Sunday November 15 2020 at 3,820.1 and is now 3,485.1 lower (91.23%). From a post peak low of 333.7 on Friday March 05 2021, the 7 day rolling average of new case discovery for Iowa has now grown by 1.3 (0.39%).

Note: If testing is insufficient the above curve will underrepresent true case discovery. Nationwide daily testing per million residents is currently 4221.6. Reported Iowa testing per million residents per day is 587.4. Iowa testing may be underreported or insufficient relative to the US as a whole.

Iowa average daily deaths

The current 7 day rolling average of reported deaths in Iowa is 12.4. The 7 day rolling average of reported deaths last peaked on Thursday December 10 2020 at 85.4 and is now 73.0 lower (85.45%). From a post peak low of 11.7 on Saturday March 06 2021, the 7 day rolling average of reported deaths for Iowa has now grown by 0.7 (6.10%).

Statistics for positive cases of COVID-19 in Iowa

Total Cases and Total Cases per 1M residents are cumulative counts. Daily Positive measures are rolling 7 day averages.

Date Total
Cases
Total
Cases
per 1M
Daily
Positives
(7d Avg)
Daily
Positives
per 1M
(7d Avg)
03/07/21 282,384 89,502 335 106.2
03/06/21 282,127 89,420 340 107.9
03/05/21 281,765 89,305 334 105.8
03/04/21 281,391 89,187 358 113.6
03/03/21 280,991 89,060 369 116.9
03/02/21 280,509 88,907 384 121.7
03/01/21 280,279 88,834 386 122.2
02/28/21 280,039 88,758 396 125.5
02/27/21 279,744 88,665 397 125.8
02/26/21 279,429 88,565 401 127.1
02/25/21 278,883 88,392 379 120.2
02/24/21 278,410 88,242 385 122.1
02/23/21 277,821 88,055 368 116.5
02/22/21 277,580 87,979 375 118.9
02/21/21 277,268 87,880 361 114.4

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Death statistics for COVID-19 in Iowa

Total Deaths and Total Deaths per 1M residents are cumulative counts. Daily Death measures are rolling 7 day averages.

Date Total
Deaths
Total
Deaths
per 1M
Daily
Deaths
(7d Avg)
Daily
Deaths
per 1M
(7d Avg)
03/07/21 5,558 1,761.6 12.4 3.9
03/06/21 5,552 1,759.7 11.7 3.7
03/05/21 5,549 1,758.8 12.3 3.9
03/04/21 5,536 1,754.6 14.0 4.4
03/03/21 5,501 1,743.5 12.3 3.9
03/02/21 5,498 1,742.6 14.0 4.4
03/01/21 5,472 1,734.3 14.0 4.4
02/28/21 5,471 1,734.0 19.3 6.1
02/27/21 5,470 1,733.7 19.1 6.1
02/26/21 5,463 1,731.5 18.1 5.8
02/25/21 5,438 1,723.6 16.7 5.3
02/24/21 5,415 1,716.3 15.6 4.9
02/23/21 5,400 1,711.5 19.6 6.2
02/22/21 5,374 1,703.3 19.6 6.2
02/21/21 5,336 1,691.2 14.3 4.5

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COVID-19 testing statistics in Iowa

All measures below are rolling 7 day averages except Total Tests and Total Tests per 1M residents which are cumulative counts of COVID-19 tests as of the date reported. Testing statistics are dependent on high quality reporting of negative test results by states. Not all states report all tests and thus some of these measures may not represent the true testing picture.

Date Total
Tests
Total
Tests
per 1M
Daily
Tests
(7d Avg)
Daily
Tests
per 1M
(7d Avg)
Daily
Positive
Rate
(7d Avg)
03/07/21 1,326,802 420,530 1,853 587 18.1%
03/06/21 1,325,246 420,037 1,891 599 18.0%
03/05/21 1,323,369 419,442 1,850 586 18.0%
03/04/21 1,321,446 418,833 1,850 586 19.4%
03/03/21 1,318,994 418,055 1,870 593 19.7%
03/02/21 1,316,616 417,302 1,915 607 20.1%
03/01/21 1,315,398 416,916 1,933 613 20.0%
02/28/21 1,313,829 416,418 1,951 618 20.3%
02/27/21 1,312,007 415,841 1,914 607 20.7%
02/26/21 1,310,419 415,338 1,872 593 21.4%
02/25/21 1,308,496 414,728 1,849 586 20.5%
02/24/21 1,305,902 413,906 1,796 569 21.5%
02/23/21 1,303,212 413,053 1,754 556 21.0%
02/22/21 1,301,870 412,628 2,792 885 13.4%
02/21/21 1,300,171 412,089 2,740 868 13.2%

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A final word on this analysis

Please take my calculations and amatuer epidemiological speculations with a grain of salt as I'm moving quickly to get what I hope are meaningful measures online. There may be errors in my data and my thinking! Also, this data may be revised as states revise and backfill their data.

These statistics were inspired by posts on Calculated Risk and the Bondad Blog regarding metrics to track for COVID-19.

Last but not least, thanks to the folks at COVID Tracking Project for making this data available to everyone.