(Update 10:45-a.m.) Iowa Department of Public Health Data shows more Iowans are being hospitalized due to coronavirus. Some data on the IDPH’ website does not appear to have updated as of late this (Wednesday) morning, however. The Iowa Department of Public Health there are 205 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 according to the latest dashboard information. That’s down from 328 reported yesterday. There were also four additional deaths, for a total of 759. Statewide, there are 36,036 confirmed positive cases, with 27,102 recovered.

Hospitalizations from the Coronavirus are up to 190 (there were 186 reported Tuesday). There are 62 people in an ICU (compared to 67 yesterday), 20 were admitted to a hospital (compared to 28 yesterday), and four more people were on a ventilator, for a total of 35. RMCC Region 4 data (southwest/western Iowa) show 7 are hospitalized, 4 are in an ICU, there were no new admissions for the second day in a row, and 2 people were on a ventilator.

Statewide:

• 384,755 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19
• 347,517 have tested negative
• Long-Term Care facility outbreaks are down to 14;  340 patients/staff at LTC’s have tested positive; 85 have recovered, and 399 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 [1 less than previously reported] (24 recovered)
• Adair: 17 (13)
• Adams: 8 (recovered data not available)
• Audubon: 17 (recovered data not available)
• Guthrie: 82 (61)
• Montgomery: 15 (10)
• Pottawattamie: 842 (678)
  
• Shelby: 121 [2 more than yesterday] (112)