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More than 23,000 additional Iowans were fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as of Saturday morning’s new totals. That brings the statewide count for residents and others who’ve received a full series in Iowa since vaccinations started in December to nearly 18 percent, or 566,498 people, according to Iowa Department of Public Health data and as analyzed by The Gazette.At 42,114 people, Linn County has seen 18.58 percent of its total population get all necessary doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, for the previous 24-hour period as of 11 a.m.