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Des Moines County's COVID-19 numbers are down this week, which could signal the peak of the omicron variant has already passed, but health officials are still urging vigilance.
By March 26, 2020, the United States, with the world's third-largest population, surpassed China and Italy as the country with the world's highest number of confirmed cases. [86] By April 25, the U.S. had more than 905,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 52,000 deaths, giving it a mortality rate around 5.7 percent.
From 2022 to 2023, the Des Moines metro grew 1.1%, tied with Madison. The Des Moines metro's population, 709,512 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, was 737,164 in 2023.
Cases are once again on the rise – with deaths up 10 per cent and test positivity at 12.7 per cent as of late December, per the CDC – but the 2022 winter of the “tripledemic” and the ...
This is a general overview and status of places affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan, the capital of the province of Hubei in China in December 2019. It ...
June 14 – As of June 14, there were a total of 23,879 positive cases, with 651 deaths attributed to COVID-19. [ 32 ] June 23 – Some bars and restaurants in the Des Moines area, and in the college towns of Ames and Iowa City closed due to increases in cases.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, nine metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Iowa. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA CSA , comprising the area around Iowa's capital and largest city, Des Moines .
The Des Moines Register reports on March 9, 2020, that the first three COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Iowa. The Des Moines Register is celebrating 175 years of journalism. Featured front page