IowaBio wants to provide our members useful information during the COVID-19 pandemic. This newsletter compiles information on state, federal and industry action to combat the virus and its impacts.
If your company is helping respond to COVID-19, IowaBio wants to know about it. Please, send any information about what your biotechnology company or organization is doing to help, to Jessica Hyland at Jessica@iowabio.org.
If IowaBio can assist you in getting information out, connecting with public officials, or support your company in another way, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Past IowaBio COVID-19 Update newsletters are now available at www.iowabio.org/COVID19 and can be found under the Industry News tab on the IowaBio website.
Key Statistics
Iowa
Currently, IDPH has reported on the state’s coronavirus dashboard, 156,816 Iowans have tested positive, up 12,956 from our update Friday morning, with a total of 1,040,915 tested. 31 additional deaths were reported since our last update, bringing the total to 1,845 deaths. Now 97,927 Iowans have recovered. The overall positivity rate is 15.1% and the total 14 day rolling average positivity rate is 20.1%. The latest on hospitalizations, including how many patients have been admitted in the last 24 hours can be found here. There are currently 1,034 hospitalized patients.
School district statistics including positivity rates by county can be found here. According to guidance issued by the Iowa Department of Education, schools may petition to go to hybrid or online learning with less than 50 percent in-person instruction when the per county percentage positivity rates are above 15 percent in a county on average over the past 14 days (rolling average) AND 10% absenteeism among students is expected for in-person learning.
Currently 82 (of 99) counties are above a 15 percent positivity rate over the past 14 days. Because there are a high number of counties to report, this newsletter will no longer list them individually. Click here to search county data for today.
US
Total Cases 9,808,411
Total Deaths 236,547
World
Total Cases 50,517,420
Total Deaths 1,257,922
BIO Pipeline Tracker
766 Unique compounds in development
193 vaccines
209 antivirals
364 treatments
Sincerely,
Jessica
Jessica Hyland, J.D.
Executive Director
Iowa Biotechnology Association
Cell: (515) 822-1315
Office: (515) 327-9156
Fax: (515) 327-1407 jessica@iowabio.org www.iowabio.org
