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.
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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, 289,465 Iowans have tested positive, up 2,788 from our update yesterday morning, with a total of 1,375,682 tested. 7 additional deaths were reported since our last update, bringing the total to 3,999 deaths. Now 249,869 Iowans have recovered. The total 14 day rolling average positivity rate is 14.1% the past 7-day average is 12.4%. The latest on hospitalizations, including how many patients have been admitted in the last 24 hours can be found here. There are currently 604 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. School district waiver requests and whether they are granted or denied are listed here.
Currently 54 (of 99) counties are at or above a 15 percent positivity rate over the past 14 days. Click here to search county data for today.
US
Total Cases 20,732,404
Total Deaths 352,464
World
Total Cases 86,532,134
Total Deaths 1,871,100
BIO Pipeline Tracker
801 Unique compounds in development
197 vaccines
226 antivirals
378 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