As of today, all Iowans age 16 and above are eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations.

Iowa City computer programmer Brian Finley set up a Twitter account to list vaccination appointment times as soon as they become available. Iowa Vaccine Alerts Twiter account is an outgrowth of Finley’s own search for appointments when his family became eligible for shots. More than 33-thousand people are following Finley’s Iowa Vaccine Alerts Twitter account. Some of Finley’s Twitter followers are now volunteers helping schedule vaccination appointments for people who lack the time or internet access to get shots lined up.

All of a sudden, over the Easter weekend, 68 new deaths reported statewide on the COVID-19 website. One fatality reported in each of Poweshiek, Story and Grundy counties. The to-date death toll now 5,822.

Since Saturday morning, nearly 700 new positive cases added; 19 in Story County, 10 in Jasper County and 8 in Marshall County.