The number of COVID-19 cases in the Cornhusker State nears the 84-thousand mark, with about 15-hundred new cases reported Sunday.
The state of Iowa now has the third highest COVID-19 positivity rate in the country after reaching more than 4,000 new cases in three of the past four days.
There are now more than a thousand hospitalizations in Iowa for the first time since the pandemic began, and patients in ICU's have also reached a high mark in Iowa.
Most Iowa counties now have positivity rates that allows schools to apply for online only classes, and some districts have chosen to do so.
Iowa does not have a shortage of hospital beds, which is a problem in some states.