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15 NOVEMBER 2020 - WEST DES MOINES, IOWA: AMBER LINT swabs a patient during a drive up rapid COVID test in West Des Moines. Hundreds of people lined up for drive up COVID-19 tests at the Doctors NOW clinic in West Des Moines. Iowa is seeing a surge in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases and the state's "Test Iowa" public testing program is swamped with some people waiting 3 - 5 days for an appointment for a drive up test. As of Sunday, 15 November, Iowa had the 3rd highest Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection rate in the country with 4,432 new cases reported in the previous 24 hours and 1,279 people hospitalized for COVID-19. Des Moines area hospitals have warned that they are at capacity and many hospitals are reporting staffing shortages because workers have come down with COVID-19. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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15 NOVEMBER 2020 - WEST DES MOINES, IOWA: AMBER LINT swabs a patient during a drive up rapid COVID test in West Des Moines. Hundreds of people lined up for drive up COVID-19 tests at the Doctors NOW clinic in West Des Moines. Iowa is seeing a surge in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases and the state's "Test Iowa" public testing program is swamped with some people waiting 3 - 5 days for an appointment for a drive up test. As of Sunday, 15 November, Iowa had the 3rd highest Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection rate in the country with 4,432 new cases reported in the previous 24 hours and 1,279 people hospitalized for COVID-19. Des Moines area hospitals have warned that they are at capacity and many hospitals are reporting staffing shortages because workers have come down with COVID-19. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ