Iowa COVID-19 update: 8/5/20; Positive case increases in Guthrie, Montgomery & Shelby Counties
August 5th, 2020 by Ric Hanson
(10-a.m. update) The Iowa Department of Public Health reports today (Wednesday), 510 additional COVID-19 cases since 10-a.m., Tuesday, for a total of 46,492. More Iowans have recovered from the virus, at 34,660. The Iowa DPH reported eight additional COVID-19 deaths, for a statewide death toll of 893. COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities account for 479 of the state’s total deaths. 498,045 Iowans have been tested for the virus, to date. Of those, 449,216 people have tested negative for COVID-19 (4,303 since Tuesday’s data).
IDPH data shows five more patients hospitalized for coronavirus symptoms, for a total of 248. Two more patients are in an ICU, for a total of 77. There are currently 34 patients on ventilators in Iowa, and there were 20 more people were admitted a hospital in the State since Tuesday, for a total of 44. Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: 11 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 (3 less than Tues.); five are in an ICU (down 2 from Tue.); Two were admitted since 10-a.m. Tuesday, and there continued to be no one on a ventilator. There are currently 25 outbreaks in Iowa’s long-term care facilities. IDPH reports 826 positive cases within those facilities and 410 recoveries.
The IDPH Dashboard current County/Positive Case count/reported recoveries ( ), and the number of deaths to date (if any) { }:
- Cass: 48 (35) {1}
- Adair: 21 (17)
- Adams: 16 (10)
- Audubon: 28 (15) {1}
- Guthrie: 128 [1 more than Tuesday] (85) {5}
- Montgomery: 45 [2 more than Tue.] (32) {3}
- Pottawattamie: 1,242 (857) {23}
- Shelby: 173 [11 more than on Tues.] (139) {1}