Another 104 Iowans have died from coronavirus over the past week, pushing the state’s death total from the pandemic to 7069.  According to data released Tuesday (11/2) by the Iowa Department of Public Health, five people from Jasper County have died from COVID-19 over the past week, with three deaths in Marion County, two in Keokuk County and one each in Mahaska, Poweshiek and Monroe Counties. There have also been 7643 new positive tests for COVID-19 over the past week, bringing the pandemic total to 491,052.  108 new positive tests have been reported in Wapello County, 101 in Marion County, 83 in Mahaska County, 71 in Jasper County, 50 in Poweshiek County, 26 in Keokuk County and 17 in Monroe County.

The number of Iowans hospitalized with coronavirus is down.  483 as of Tuesday, down 48 from the previous week.  And there are 111 people in Iowa on ventilators—down 18 from the previous week.

Meanwhile, the Iowa Department of Public Health is also reporting the season’s first death from the flu. The deceased is described as an elderly woman—age 81 or over—from central Iowa with underlying conditions.