The Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard today (Wednesday), shows seven people have died from the virus over the past 24-hours, for a total of 629. Of the 202, 594 tests that have been completed, 22, 454 Iowans tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 253 since Tuesday. Those who have tested Negative number 178,698.. The number of Iowans who have recovered from the virus continues to improve, at 13,532, as compared to 13,277 on Tuesday. 245 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID-19, 73 are in an ICU, 20 were admitted over the past 24-hours, and 49 were on ventilators. With the exception of new hospital admissions, the rest of the numbers are all down from yesterday.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are down to 38. The number of LTC staff/patient testing positive for COVID-19 is down 107 to 1,457. Those who have recovered amount to 796, and 312 have died at LTC facilities, which is an increase of 3 since Tuesday.

In RMCC Region 4 (southwest/western IA): 6 people are hospitalized, 2 are in an ICU, none were admitted to the hospital Tuesday, and 2 are on ventilators. Those stats are also down from Tuesday. Here’s the latest county-by-county breakdown, with the number of positive cases, and (The number recovered):

• Cass: 13 (12)
• Adair: 10 (9)
• Adams: 7 (4)
• Audubon: 13 (10)
• Guthrie: 55 (38)
• Montgomery: 9 (6)
• Pottawattamie: 394 (225)
• Shelby: 43 (34).