The number of Covid patients in Iowa hospitals has increased for the second straight week, numbering 544 according to the Iowa Department of Public Health

More than a fifth of those patients are in intensive care. In the past 24 hours, 99 Covid-positive patients were admitted to an Iowa hospital.

Marshall County Public Health reports 53 new cases of the rona in the last week, while the statewide total jumped by over 15-thousand.

Children under the age of 18 account for more than 20 percent of the week’s positive Covid test results.