There hasn’t been much of a change in the COVID-19 numbers we posted this morning, as part of the Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) COVID-19 dashboard report. The number of  deaths from the virus over the past 24 hours total of 564, with four having taken place since Tuesday. A total of 164,135 Iowans have been tested for the virus, with 20,012 testing positive, 143, 692 testing negative, and 11, 892 persons recovered. The numbers show a slight decline or are nearly flat, depending on the statistics.

IDPH reports 314 are currently hospitalized with the virus, while 116 are listed in intensive care. There were 15 persons admitted to hospital in the last 24 hours and 76 patients on ventilators. IDPH also reports one more LTC outbreak, for a total of 42. There have been 1,595 positive cases, with 764 recovered and 283 deaths. Those numbers also continue to remain relatively flat, with increased testing.

The Region 4 Regional Medical Coordination Center (RMCC)  data – covering hospitals in western/southwest Iowa – continues to show 10 Iowans are hospitalized, 8 are in an ICU, none were admitted over the past 24-hours, and 2 are on ventilators. Those numbers continue a downward trend. Here are the latest county-by-county numbers for Cass & surrounding Counties (with the number recovered in parenthesis) and a 24-hour change (as of the last check) marked by an *:

• Cass: 12 (11)
• Adair: 9 (6)* [1 more recovered than Tuesday]
• Adams: 7 (4)
• Audubon: 13 (8)* [1 more positive case]
• Guthrie: 53 (30)
• Montgomery: 8 (6)
• Pottawattamie: 274 (172)* [2 more positive cases/3 more recovered]
• Shelby: 37 (31)