Today (Saturday), the state of Iowa has been notified of 419 additional positive cases for a total of 16,859 positive cases. There have been additional 4,336 negative tests for a total of 106,583 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs. Negative test results amount to 9,221. The positivity rate for this report is 13.6% (up from 8.8% on Friday). Statewide, 488,218 Iowans have completed assessments for COVID-19, including 224 in Cass County. (Keep in mind, these figures change nearly hourly, as results are included in the State COVID-10 dashboard https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/.)

The number of patients who are hospitalized statewide due to the virus (as of this posting) is 362.  111 COVID-19 patients were in an ICU. 26 were admitted over the past 24 hours, as compared to 33 on Friday.  The number of recovered cases amounts to 9,226.

An additional 26 COVID related deaths were confirmed, for a total of 444. The dates of these confirmed COVID related deaths were from May 9 to May 22.  Among the state’s victims was a man who was one week away from retiring from his job at the JBS meatpacking plant in Marshalltown when he tested positive for the coronavirus. KCCI reports that he died last week on a ventilator.

In this area, the deaths include 5 in Pott. County, 1 in Audubon, and 3 in Guthrie County. The Iowa Department of Public Health COVID-19 dashboard shows four more positive cases of COVID-19 in Cass County, since Friday’s data was released, for a total of 10. Only one person (as we’ve mentioned before) has recovered. Around the area, here are the current (as of 1:40-p.m.) cases of positive test results and (number of recovered):

Adair County: 6 (3); Adams County: 4 (no data); Audubon County: 11 (9); Guthrie County: 42 (29); Montgomery County: 5 (5); Shelby County: 30 (24) and Pottawattamie County: 202 (106).

In RMCC Region 4 (Southwest/western Iowa), six people are hospitalized for COVID-19, three are in an ICU, and two were admitted to hospitals. Those numbers are unchanged from Friday. Statewide, LTC facility outbreaks are down one, to 36. The number of patients and staff at those facilities who have died number 235. The number of patients/staff have recovered is 659, and 1,517 have tested positive.

The COVID-19 dashboard contains updated information throughout the day at   Due to planned maintenance this weekend through 6:00 am Monday, May 25th, the Case Counts Dashboard will not reflect accurate counts during the maintenance period.  All Case Counts will be brought up to date by 6:00 am Monday, May 25.