Copy
View this email in your browser
COVID-19 Update
March 24, 2021
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.
 
Iowa Update
Governor Kim Reynolds will hold a press conference from Iowa PBS at 11:15 am today. The event will be livestreamed and posted in full on Governor Reynolds’ Facebook Page.   
 
Key Statistics
 
Iowa
The overall number of vaccines administered is 1,299,260 an increase of 11,785 since yesterday, with 324,624 receiving their first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine and 469,738 receiving their second dose. 35,160 have received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
 
To find vaccine providers in your county, click here or scroll to the bottom of the vaccine dashboard. If you need a vaccine appointment, vaccinate.iowa.gov has launched to help connect Iowans eligible for the vaccine with providers. Iowans 65 and older who have not yet gotten an appointment can call 211 for assistance. @IAVaccineAlerts continues to tweet out appointment availability on Twitter. For vaccine eligibility information and timelines click here. For new vaccine allocation data overall and by county, click here.
 
Currently, on the state’s coronavirus dashboard  375,221 positive tests were reported, up 949 from our update Friday morning, with a total of 4,360,067 tests.
 
8 additional deaths were reported since our last update, with the total at 5,683 deaths.
 
The total 14 day rolling average positivity rate is 4.1% the past 7-day average is 4.4%.
 
The latest on hospitalizations, can be found here. There are currently 190 hospitalized patients—up 5 since yesterday-- with 40 in the ICU, and 36 admitted in the last 24 hours.
 
US
Total Cases 29,708,385
Total Deaths 540,503
Total Vaccination Doses Administered 128,217,029
 
World
Total Cases 124,330,400
Total Deaths 2,736,621
 
BIO Pipeline Tracker
854 Unique compounds in development
213 vaccines
246 antivirals
395 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
Copyright © 2021 Iowa Biotechnology Association, All rights reserved.


Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp