Iowa officials report 1,048 new COVID-19 cases, 18 deaths over 24 hours

(KWQC) - Iowa officials reported 1,048 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths between 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the state’s coronavirus website.

That brings the total number of cases to 88,555, with a positivity rate of 11.1%, and 1,342 deaths.

The state’s website reports the data in real-time.

As of 10:30 a.m., 797,138 have been tested and 68,365 have recovered.

The website also showed 390 were hospitalized - 61 in the last 24 hours - and 100 were in the intensive care unit. Thirty-one were on ventilators as of 10:30 a.m.

A breakdown of local counties includes:

County	New Cases	Total Cases	14-Day Positivity Rate	Total Tested	Total Recovered	Total Deaths
Scott	57	3,107	7.8%	37,738	2,297	28
Muscatine	10	1,131	6.8%	9,654	936	55
Clinton	11	1,143	6.7%	9,896	880	21
Des Moines	20	820	7.4%	8,980	596	8
Lee	10	653	8%	6,480	467	7
Henry	12	778	13.9%	5,207	306	4
Jackson	2	358	12.3%	3,987	221	3
Cedar	1	254	5.6%	3,939	161	1
Louisa	3	436	5%	2,635	385	15