The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) said today (Wednesday), eight more people died from COVID-19 since Tuesday’s report, for a total of 732, and there were 414 new, positive confirmed cases of the virus (total 32,343). Negative test results to date amount to 311,494. The IDPH says 25,860 Iowans have recovered from the virus, and 341,941 have been tested to date, in-all.  Completed Assessments number 854,638, to-date. (Data current as of 10-a.m. [24-hour cycle])

The latest statewide hospitalization data show: 165 are hospitalized with COVID-19 (unchanged from Tue.); 44 are in an ICU (also no change from Tue.); 23 were admitted to a hospital (4 less than yesterday), and 23 were on a ventilator (3 more than yesterday). In southwest/western Iowa (RMCC Region 4), five people remain in a hospital, 3 are in an ICU, no one was admitted over the past 24-hours, and no one was on a ventilator. Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are up again, this time to 18. In those facilities, 399 residents/staff have tested positive for COVID-19, 287 have recovered, and there have been 387 deaths.

County-by-County COVID-19 cases, 24-hour change (if applicable) [   ], and the number of person who have recovered (   ).

• Cass: 24 (18)
• Adair: 17 [1 more than yesterday] (12)
• Adams: 8 (8)
• Audubon: 16 (15)
• Guthrie: 68 [+2] (58)
• Montgomery: 10 (8)
• Pottawattamie: 754 (645)
• Shelby: 117 [+3]    (103) [+3]