Iowa COVID-19 update: 7/26/20
July 26th, 2020 by Ric Hanson
The State’s Coronavirus dashboard, late this (Sunday) morning showed 389 more positive, confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths from the virus. The IDPH says: 449,608 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19; 42,016 tested Positive; 406, 032 tested Negative; 29,604 have recovered from the virus, and 826 have died. Hospitalization data show: 226 are hospitalized across the State from COVID-19, six more than reported Saturday; 77 patients are in an ICU, up 5 from yesterday; 34 were admitted to a hospital since Saturday, an increase of 4 from the last report, and 29 persons were on ventilators, up one from Saturday. Cass County reports one new positive case, for a total of 37, and one more recovered, for a total of 29.
Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: three more hospitalized, for a total of 11; five persons are in an ICU (up 1 from yesterday); two were admitted since Saturday, and one person remains on a ventilator.
Long-Term Care facility (LTC) data show no change in the number of outbreaks (22), 607 staff/patients have tested positive for COVID-19, 147 have recovered, and 447 have died (unchanged from Saturday).
Current County Positive case counts, and the number of reported recoveries ( )
- Cass: 37, (29)
- Adair: 20, (16)
- Adams: 12, (Recovery data not available)
- Audubon: 26, (no recovery data available)
- Guthrie: 118, (66)
- Montgomery: 36, (20)
- Pottawattamie: 1,032, (741)
- Shelby: 133, (126)