The Iowa Department of Public Health today (Thursday), say (as of 6-a.m.),  no new deaths resulting from the virus were reported, Wednesday. The toll remains 717. However, 411 people tested positive for COVID-19, for a total of 29,701. Negative test results amount to 283,012 (4,065 more than yesterday).  Those who have recovered from the virus number 742.

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 remain at 20. At those facilities, 558 persons (Staff & patients) have tested positive,. Recoveries from the virus amount to 430, while COVID-19 deaths at LTC’s amount to 381. There has not been much change in area County COVID-19 data, except to say: Audubon County has one less positive case, Shelby County has two more positive cases, for a total of 108, and two more persons recovered (for a total of 81).

Pottawattamie County’s numbers show 712 positive cases (an increase of 21), 599 recovered (11 more than yesterday).