The latest state report shows that over the past seven days there’s been a nearly 10 percent increase in the number of Covid patients in Iowa hospitals.

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s website shows there are 638 Covid patients in Iowa hospitals and 25 percent of them are in intensive care units. State data shows a dozen kids under the age of 12 are hospitalized with Covid. Among the Iowans who’ve tested positive for Covid in the past week, 26 percent are under the age of 18. That’s a slight decline from last week’s report.

Over the past seven days, nearly 60 percent of the Iowans confirmed through testing to have Covid are under the age of 40.  The latest information on Covid shots shows nearly 65-and-a-half percent of Iowa ADULTS are fully vaccinated. The vaccination rate among Iowans over the age of 65 is 83 percent.