The IDPH Coronavirus dashboard Saturday morning, indicted there were 10 new, confirmed positive cases of the virus in Cass County since Friday, for a total of 61, and two more have recovered, for a total of 40. Adair County has one more case, for a total of 28. Montgomery County has five new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 59. There are 11 more cases in Pottawattamie County (1,297 total), and one new case in Shelby County, for a total of 180. Recoveries in Shelby County have increased from 141 on Friday to 150 this morning. Pottawattamie lists 36 recoveries since Friday, for a total of 941. There were no new reports of deaths in our immediate listening area.

Statewide, though, 13 more people have died from COVID-19, for a total of 925. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 496 of the 925.  Of the 514,451 tests that have been taken, 48,112 tested positive (an increase of 383 from Friday), 36,850 have recovered, and 4,424 tested negative, for a total of 463,499 since the virus outbreak began. The IDPH says 229 people are hospitalized with the virus (compared to 223 Friday), 58 are in an ICU (compared to 65 on Friday), 33 people were admitted to a hospital since 10-a.m. Friday (the same as yesterday), and 22 were on a ventilator. The IDPH reports that 40.68% of in-patient beds are open.

Southwest/Western Iowa hospitals are reporting a total of 15 patients (compared to 12 yesterday), 4 are in an ICU (compared to 5 Friday), 3 were admitted since 10-a.m. Friday (Compared to 2 the previous day), and there was one person on a ventilator (0 in the previous report).  Long-Term Care facility outbreaks remain at 26. At those facilities, 814 patients/staff tested positive for COVID-19, and 422 have recovered from the virus.