The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) says in their most recent COVID-19 dashboard report, there were four more deaths from the virus over the past 24 hours, for a total of 564. and 61 new cases, for a total of 20,017. Officials said also, 164,139 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19, while 11,890 have recovered. Iowans who have tested negative for the virus, number 143, 691. Those figures, and the number of persons hospitalized due to COVID-19, continue to remain relatives flat since an apparent peak around May 6th.

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. The numbers continue to remain flat with increased testing.

The Region 4 Regional Medical Coordinator Center – covering hospitals in western/southwest Iowa – (RMCC) reports 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 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)