The Iowa Department of Public Health, Sunday, reported 495 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed over the past 24-hours. As of 10:30 a.m. Sunday, a total of 28,430 Iowans have tested positive for COVID-19 since the coronavirus began in Iowa.

Of those, 17,556 Iowans have recovered, and no additional COVID-19 related deaths have been reported since Friday. A total of 295,914 Iowans have been tested for the coronavirus. Polk County continues to be the most impacted with 5,930 positive COVID-19 cases.

Currently, there are 25 COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Iowa. In those care facilities, 735 people have tested positive, 446 have recovered and 363 have died.

In southwest/western Iowa RMCC Region 4, there was a slight drop in the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients (at 6, 1 less than Saturday), and no change in the number of patients held in an ICU. There were no new virus-related hospitalizations, and one person remains on a ventilator.

The State’s COVID-19 database shows the following numbers for positive cases and recoveries ( ), with any 24-hour changes marked with an *.

• Cass: 17 (16)
• Adair: 14 (11)
• Adams: 8 (5)
• Audubon: 17* (11) (1 less case reported)
• Guthrie: 64 (50)
• Montgomery: 10 (8)
• Pottawattamie: 674* (508)* (10 new cases, 24 more recovered)
• Shelby: 103* (64)* ( 1 new case, 3 more recovered)