The Iowa Department of Public Health has added antigen testing results to its coronavirus reporting, adding more cases to the overall total. As of Saturday (8/29), the IDPH reported 17 additional deaths and 1,081 more positive cases statewide. The COVID-19 dashboard showed (as of 10 a.m.) at total of 63,112 positive cases were reported. There have been a total of 46,394 persons who have recovered from the virus, and 1,108 deaths since the pandemic began. At 10 a.m. Friday, IDPH had reported 62,031 positive cases and 1,091 deaths.

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that antigen test results would be added to the state’s coronavirus reporting. The reporting of that new data has caused an increase in the overall number of cases and has caused a slight increase in the state’s positivity rate. IDPH reports a total of 11,785 antigen tests and a total of 1,450 positive cases among those tests. On Friday, there were 11,131 antigen tests and 1,376 positive tests, which means there are 74 positive cases of today’s (Saturday’s) 1,081 cases are attributed to antigen testing. There have been a total of 624,834 individuals tested for COVID-19.

There are 315 Iowans hospitalized with coronavirus, up from 299 the previous day. IDPH reported 91 patients in intensive care, which is the same as the previous day. There are 43 patients on ventilators in the state, up from 41 the previous day. There were 48 patients admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours, up from 40 the previous day. IDPH reported approximately 3,020 available hospital beds, 455 ICU beds and 780 ventilators available in the state.

In western/southwest Iowa: 10 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 (compared with 9 on Friday); 5 remain in an ICU and 2 were admitted to area hospitals. Three patients are on ventilators.

There are 37 coronavirus outbreaks reported in Iowa’s long-term care facilities, which is one more than the previous day. IDPH reported 1,168 positive cases and 696 recoveries within those facilities. There have been 595 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities since the pandemic began.

Here are the latest positive case numbers for southwest/western Iowa as of 10-a.m. Saturday (County; Positive Case #’s; number of persons who have (recovered); {deaths since the outbreak began}.

• Cass County: 112 cases; (98); 2 deaths
• Adair County: 50 cases; (21); 1 death
• Adams County: 20 cases; (17)
• Audubon County: 37 cases; (27); 1 death
• Guthrie County: 168 cases; (125); 5 deaths
• Montgomery County: 73 cases; (60); 4 deaths
• Pottawattamie County: 1,597 cases; (1,326); 34 deaths
• Shelby County: 214 cases; (204); 1 death.

Elsewhere in the area:

• Crawford County has 822 positive cases of COVID-19; (715); 3 deaths
• Carroll County, 353; (196); 2 deaths
• Madison County, 161; (103); 2 deaths
• Harrison County, 145 cases; (117); 1 death
• Page County 110; (106);
• Taylor Counties 110 cases; (102); 1 death
• Union County has 93 cases; (68); 3 deaths
• Ringgold County has 31.; (26); 1 death