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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Key Statistics
Iowa
The overall number of vaccines administered is 1,278,654 an increase of 96,664 since Friday, with 321,557 receiving their first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine and 461,479 receiving their second dose. 34,139 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. 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 373,867 positive tests were reported, up 999 from our update Friday morning, with a total of 4,325,953 tests.
3 additional deaths were reported since our last update, bringing the total to 5,675 deaths.
The total 14 day rolling average positivity rate is 4.0% the past 7-day average is 4.2%.
The latest on hospitalizations, can be found here. There are currently 171 hospitalized patients—down 3 since yesterday-- with 37 in the ICU, and 23 admitted in the last 24 hours.
US
Total Cases 29,613,017
Total Deaths 539,038
Total Vaccination Doses Administered 124,481,412
World
Total Cases 123,292,803
Total Deaths 2,716,774
BIO Pipeline Tracker
852 Unique compounds in development
212 vaccines
244 antivirals
396 treatments
Important CDC Guidance
Revised distancing guidelines for schools, including three feet of distance between students and removal of physical barriers. 3/18
New interim guidance for fully vaccinated people. 3/7
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
