The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Wednesday 11,588 new positive cases in the past seven days. The number of new COVID-19 infections remains on the rise in Iowa as state health officials are reporting more than 11 thousand new cases have been confirmed in the past week. Nearly 30 percent of the new cases are reported to be in children 17 and under. The state is reporting 578 Iowans are currently hospitalized with the virus. That’s the same number as last week. And 78 percent of those