The Iowa Department of Public Health reports 15 more people have died from COVID-19. for a total of 579, and there have been 694 new, positive cases of the virus, since Wednesday, for a total of 20,706. There have also been 153,025 negative test results,. The number of Iowans who have recovered from the virus total of 12,183. And the number of Iowans tested currently stands at 174,127.  Those who have died number 579.

The IDPH reports also, 25 people were admitted to hospitals, for a total of 310. The number of persons in an ICU is unchanged at 105; Six fewer people were on ventilators, for a total of 70. The number of Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks is down one, to 41.  Patients and/or staff tested at those facilities who have positive for COVID-19, amount to 1,548. Those who have recovered number 763, while the numbers of deaths at LTC’s is 289.

The Region 4 Regional Medical Coordination Center (RMCC)  data – covering hospitals in western/southwest Iowa – shows one less person hospitalized,  two less people in an ICU, none were admitted over the past 24-hours, and 2 remain on ventilators. For Cass and surrounding counties, there wasn’t much change in the number of cases and the number of those recovered, over the past 24-hours. The exceptions: Guthrie and Shelby Counties, both of which had 1 more positive case of COVID-19, and Pottawattamie County, where the IDPH dashboard shows 306 cases and 185 recovered. The Counties that have reported COVID-19 deaths include: Pottawattamie, 10; Guthrie, 3; Audubon and Montgomery Counties have had one death each.