The Iowa Department of Public Health has updated the latest COVID-19 information. As of 10-a.m. today (Wednesday), the DPH reported 14 deaths and 257 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, for a statewide total of 15,553 positive cases and 381 deaths. Officials report 110,211 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19, and 8,211 have recovered. There are currently 383 patients in the state, with 126 listed in intensive care. There were 28 patients admitted in the last 24 hours and 83 on ventilators.

In southwest/western Iowa, RMCC Region 4: Seven patients were hospitalized for COVID-19, up 2 from Tuesday. Four patients were in an ICU (up 1 from Tue.), and two were admitted in the past 24-hours. The total number of positive cases, county-by-county, as of the latest report (and recovered): (Counties contiguous to Cass are highlighted)…

• Cass County, 3 (1 recovered)
• Adair County, 6 (2 recovered)
• Adams County, 1
• Audubon County, 11 (8 recovered)
• Dallas County, 800 (472 recovered)
• Guthrie County, 40 cases (26 recovered)
• Fremont County, 4 (1 recovered)
• Harrison County, 18 cases (17 recovered)
• Madison County 20, (11 recovered)
• Mills County, 12 cases (9 recovered)
• Montgomery County, 5 (5 recovered)
• Page County, 10 cases (9 recovered)
• Pottawattamie County 177 cases (88 recovered)
• Ringgold County, 1 case
• Shelby County, 25 cases (19 recovered)
• Taylor County, 4 (1 recovered)
• Union County, 4 (1 recovered)

The IDPH says also, 3,660 inpatient beds are available for COVID-19 patients, with 464 ICU beds available. There are also 734 ventilators available for those patients. The IDPH said there are still COVID-19 outbreaks in 37 of Iowa’s long-term care facilities, which is unchanged from Tuesday. Iowa’s hospitalization data continues to be flat or trending downward for more than a week. Positive cases and deaths are also trending downward.

The Iowa Department of Public Health releases real time COVID-19 data on this website.