Des Moines Sun

In Iowa, there is a new two-week increase in COVID-19 cases that has some concerned. 

As of Sept. 18, the two-week increase in cases jumped to 44%, according to the Times-Republican. 

The figure was at 27% on Sept. 13. The rate was at 23% on Sept. 10, according to the Times-Republican. 

People ages 0 to 17 make up 29% of COVID-19 positive cases in the state as of Sept. 20, according to KMA Land. 

"Covid is so odd to me, especially living in Iowa where there has been damn near no guidance this whole time," Twitter use Haley said in a tweet. 

As of Sept. 20, 63% of the positive cases are in individuals under 40, according to KMA Land. 

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has confirmed 468,223 cases and 6,401 deaths related to COVID-19, according to the Times-Republican. 

Some of the major outbreaks are in nursing homes. 

Iowa reported 26 outbreaks at nursing homes, according to the Times-Republican. Back in early August, there were only two breakouts, according to the Times-Republican. 

The New York Times listed recently, according to the Times-Republican article, that Iowa was averaging 1,704 new cases a day, based on a week of data. 

This number is the highest that the COVID-19 rate has been since early January, according to the New York Times figures and the Times-Republican article.