The Iowa Department of Public Health reports 14 more people have died from COVID-19. for a total of 578, and there were 562 new, positive cases of the virus, since Wednesday, for a total of 20,574. There were also 8,620 more negative case test results than Wednesday, 265 more people have recovered from the virus – for a total of 12,157, and the number of Iowans tested rose 9,145 to 173,280.

The IDPH reports also, there were four less persons who remained in a hospital, but 10 more were admitted Wednesday, for a total of 310. The number of persons in an ICU was down 11, to 105; Six fewer people were on ventilators, for a total of 70. The number of Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks is unchanged at 42. 10 more patients and/or staff tested positive for COVID-19, for a total of 1,605, five more died at those facilities, for a total of 288, and 80 have recovered from COVID-19, which is 41 more than Wednesday.

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.