DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The State of Iowa’s COVID-19 dashboard shows 18 more people have died from the virus since Monday’s report, for a total of 558 dead. To date: 163,681 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19; 19,935 tested Positive (an increase of 245); 11, 540 have recovered (up 268 from Monday; 143,311 have tested Negative (up 4,137 from Monday). Across the State: 327 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID-19 (2 less than Monday); 114 are in an ICU (down 9 from Monday); 12 (half as many as Monday) were admitted to hospitals over the past 24-hours; and 76 were on ventilators (up 3 from Monday).

The Region 4 Regional Medical Coordinator Center – covering hospitals in western/southwest Iowa – (RMCC) reports 11 Iowans are hospitalized, 7 are in an ICU, none were admitted over the past 24-hours, and 3 are on ventilators. Those numbers are all down from Monday’s stats.

Here are the latest county-by-county numbers for Cass & surrounding Counties (with the number recovered in parenthesis):

• Cass: 12 (11)
• Adair: 9 (5)
• Adams: 7 (4)
• Audubon: 12 (8)
• Guthrie: 53 (30)
• Montgomery: 8 (6)
• Pottawattamie: 270 (166)
• Shelby: 37 (31)

See other counties’ stats at  https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/pages/case-counts for a breakdown of cases & the number recovered. The number of Long Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks is up two, to 41. Ten more people associated with those facilities have died, for a total of 265. The IDPH says 1,586 LTC patients/staff have tested positive, and 756 have recovered from COVID-19. Both of those numbers are up from Monday.

For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms that clear up in two to three weeks. For some infected people, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, the virus can cause severe illness and death.