There’s are three more positive cases of COVID-19 in Cass County. The Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard showed 20 cases of COVID-19 in Cass County as of 11:40-a.m., and 17 persons have recovered. Not much change was reported though, in the surrounding counties:

• Adair County has 15 cases/11 recovered
• Adams County has 8 cases & 8 recovered
• Audubon County has 16 cases of COVID-19, with 15 recovered
• Guthrie County reports 64 cases & 58 recovered
• Montgomery County shows 10 cases & 8 recovered
• Pottawattamie County has 714 cases & 601 recovered
• Shelby County reports 110 cases, & 89 recovered.

The IDPH says there were no new deaths from the virus over the past 24-hours. The toll remains 717. However, a total of 29,966 have tested positive. Negative test results amount to 285,897 (over 7,000 more than yesterday). More Iowans are continuing to recover from the virus, with at least 310 added over the past 24-hours, for a total of 23,868.

In Regional Medical Center Coordination (RMCC) data: 145 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized (compared to 149 yesterday); 36 are in an ICU (37 yesterday); 18 were admitted to a hospital (compared to 29 in Wednesday’s report), and 18 are on a ventilator. That’s 3 less than reported earlier. There was no change in the RMCC Region 4 (western/southwest IA) data.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks is back up to 21. At those facilities, 559 persons (Staff & patients) have tested positive,. Recoveries from the virus amount to 420, while COVID-19 deaths at LTC’s amount to 381.