The Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) COVID-19 dashboard, Sunday (today), shows the number of death from the virus in Iowa, has surpassed 600. The latest figure shows 602 people have died from COVID-19, five more than what was reported on Saturday. There were also 89 new, positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 21,527. Nearly half of Iowa’s coronavirus cases are located in four counties: Polk, Woodbury, Black Hawk and Buena Vista.

The total number of test administered to date, is 186, 586. Of those, 164,665 came back negative for COVID-19. The number of Iowans who have recovered from the virus is 12,762.

IDPH data show 269 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID-19, down 19 from Saturday. ICU patients number 86. Iowans admitted to the hospital Saturday numbered 22, which is three less than yesterday. 54 patients were on a ventilator, which is a decrease of eight people. In RMCC Region 4 (southwest /western Iowa), six patients were in a hospital, 3 were in an ICU, none were admitted over the past 24-hours, and one person was on a ventilator.

Here are the current number of COVID-19 positive cases and the number of those who have recovered (in parenthesis):

• Cass County: 13 positive cases [1 more than Friday, as reported on Saturday] (11 have recovered)
• Adair County: 9 (6)
• Adams County: 7 (4)
• Audubon County: 13 (9)
• Guthrie County: 55 (34)
• Montgomery County: 9 (6)
• Pottawattamie County: 339 (202)
• Shelby County: 38 (34).