Officials with Pottawattamie County Public Health (PCPH), Friday, announced there are 21 new (positive) cases of COVID-19 to report. One is from Oakland and the other twenty are from Council Bluffs. They also regret to announce a 10th COVID-19 related death. The latest case is a 61-to 80-year old man from Council Bluffs. A total of 195 persons have recovered from the virus. Five are hospitalized and 145 are self-isolating. Based on PCPH contact tracing investigations, a total of 96 Pott. County COVID-19 cases are the result of community spread.

Six of the case positives are epi-linked, while the others were tested between May 31st and June 4th. According to Friday’s Iowa Coronavirus dashboard (coronavirus.iowa.gov), 3,964 Pottawattamie County residents have been tested for COVID-19, with 317 showing positive results. Including epi-linked cases, PCPH reports a total of 363 COVID-19 cases.

An inmate at the Pott. County Jail has tested positive for the virus. PCPH has conducted the case investigation and the contact investigation. The individual is currently in isolation. PCPH says it is working closely with jail staff and Pott. County Risk Management to ensure the virus mitigation procedures in-place contain the spread of COVID-19 within facility.