The newest report was released on Sunday and obtained by ABC News on Wednesday.
It once again put Iowa in the red zone for new cases, reporting the state had a rate of 238 new cases per 100,000 residents last week. That’s more than double the national average of 117, and means Iowa has the eighth highest rate in the country.
Its test positivity rate was between 8 and 10 percent last week, making it the ninth highest rate in the country.
Ninety percent of Iowa counties had moderate to high levels of community transmission.
The report recommended increasing mitigation efforts, and keeping public and private gatherings as small as possible in the 68 counties located in red or orange zones.
