(Information current as of 10-a.m.) Iowa Department of Public Health Data out today (Friday), shows six more people have died from COVID-19, for a total of 782.  The IDPH says also, 879 have tested positive since Thursday, for a total of 37,616. It’s the second day in a row new positive test results topped 700. Hospitalizations have also increased, from 195 Thursday to 210 as of this morning. Officials say 70 individuals are in an ICU, 27 were admitted to a hospital since Thursday, and 32 were on a ventilator. RMCC Region 4 hospital data (southwest/western Iowa) show 10 individuals are hospitalized; 7 are in an ICU; there was one new admission to an area hospitals, and one person was on a ventilator.

The number of those who have recovered from the virus is up to 27,533 (as compared to 27,353 yesterday).  Statewide:

• 402,227 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19
• 361,632 have tested negative
• Long-Term Care facility outbreaks number 15;  384 patients/staff at LTC’s have tested positive; 86 have recovered, and 416 persons have died at an LTC in Iowa.

County-by-County COVID-19 cases, and the number of person who have recovered (   ). (Changed numbers from the last report are highlighted)

• Cass: 29 (25 recovered, 1 more than Thursday)
• Adair: 19 [1 new positive case]  (15)
  
• Adams: 11 [3 more than previously reported] (recovered data not available)
• Audubon: 19 [1 more than yesterday] (recovered data not available)
• Guthrie: 94 [9 more than Thursday] (62)
  
• Montgomery: 18 [1 more than yesterday] (11)
• Pottawattamie: 892 [20 new cases] (688)
  
• Shelby: 124 [1 less than yesterday] (115) [1 more recovered]