The Iowa Department of Public Health reports 500 Iowans have died from COVID-19, 12 more than what was reported Wednesday.  Iowans tested for the virus number 142,023, with 18, 474 testing positive. Test that have come back as negative for COVID-19 amount to 123,128. A total of 10,137 have recovered from the virus.

For Cass and surrounding counties, here is the latest data on positive cases and those who have recovered (in parenthesis):

• Cass: 11 (2) * no change from Wed.
• Adair: 8 (3)
• Adams: 7 (1)
• Audubon: 12 (8)*
• Guthrie: 45 (29)
• Montgomery: 6 (5)*
• Pottawattamie: 228 (140)
• Shelby: 34 (25)*

Across the State, the Regional Medical Classification Centers (RMCC’s) report: 383 patients are hospitalized for COVID-19;  112 patients are in an ICU; 30 people were admitted to hospitals in the last 24-hours; 67 patients are on ventilators. In RMCC Region 4 (western/southwest Iowa): 9 patients are hospitalized for COVID-19 (1 more than yesterday); 8 are in an ICU (up 5 from Wednesday), and 4 people were admitted over the past 24-hours. Three patients are on ventilators.