Pottawattamie County Public Health, Thursday afternoon reported 19 new COVID-19 cases. Two individuals are from Crescent, two are from Treynor, one is from Carter Lake, one is from Oakland, and the rest are from Council Bluffs. One of the individuals is 17 or younger, five are age 18-to 40, seven are between 41-and 60 years of age, while the other six are between 61-and-80.

As of Thursday, 6,982 residents had been tested for COVID-19, with 550 (7.9%) testing positive. Including epi-linked cases, PCPH accounts for a total of 608 COVID-19 cases. As of the latest report: 367 have recovered from the virus; 198 were self-isolating; six are hospitalized. Officials say 161 cases are the result of community spread.

The demographics as of Thursday, show the following positive gender/age related positive cases:

• 303 are men
• 305 are women
• 44 are persons 17 & under
• 268 are between the ages of 18 & 40.
• 192 are age 41-60
• 89 are 61-80 years of age
• and 15 are age 81 or above.