Pottawattamie County Public Health (PCPH) officials said Thursday, there were eight more positive cases of COVID-19 to report. Seven of the cases are residents of Council Bluffs, and one is from Crescent. One of the patients is under the age of 17. Two are 18-to 40 years of age. Four range in age from 41-to 60, and one is 81 years of age or over. Those persons were tested between May 19th and 25th.

Health officials said also, so far, 2,898 Pott. County residents have been tested for COVID-19, and a total of 260 have tested positive (as of today). Seven persons are hospitalized from the virus, 91 are self-isolating. Based on PCPH contact tracing investigations, a total of 76 Pott. County COVID-19 cases are the result of community spread.

Across the State of Iowa (as of 6:15-a.m. today, Friday):

• 145, 108 Iowans had been tested for the virus
• 18,689 tested positive for COVID-19
• 125, 989 have tested negative
• 10,563 have recovered
• 519 have died.
• 376 people were being treated for the virus in a hospital
• 117 patients were in an ICU
• 38 had been admitted over the past 24-hours
• 78 patients were on ventilators.
• The number of LTC facility outbreaks is stable, at 37; 1,480 LTC patients/staff have tested positive; 652 have recovered, and 234 have died.

In western/southwest Iowa,RMCC data show 9 hospitalized, 9 in an ICU, 2 were admitted to a hospital, and 5 people were on ventilators.  Here are the latest County COVID-19 numbers from the IDPH COVID-19 dashboard (# of cases/# of persons recovered):

• Cass County – 11/8
• Adair – 8/5
• Adams – 7/2
• Audubon – 12/8
• Guthrie – 46/29
• Montgomery – 6/5
• Pottawattamie – 234/145
• Shelby – 34/26.