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Iowa COVID-19 update for 8/3/20

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August 3rd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health reports (as of 10-a.m. Monday/today) 320 additional COVID-19 cases since 10-a.m., Sunday.  The COVID-19 dashboard indicates 45,801 cases have been confirmed statewide since Iowa’s outbreak began. Of the state’s confirmed cases, 33,102 Iowans recovered.  The Iowa DPH reported four additional COVID-19 deaths for a statewide death toll of 878.  COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities account for 473 of the state’s total deaths. 488,133 Iowans have been tested for the virus, to date.

IDPH data shows 241 patients are currently hospitalized with coronavirus, up from 231 the previous day. There are 78 patients listed in intensive care, up from 75 the previous day. There are currently 31 patients on ventilators in Iowa, down from 36 the previous day. There were 27 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, down from 28 the previous day.

Hospitals in western/southwest Iowa report: 14 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; seven are in an ICU; one person was recently admitted, and one was on a ventilator (2 less than Sunday). There are currently 22 outbreaks in Iowa’s long-term care facilities. IDPH reports 763 positive cases within those facilities and 353 recoveries.

The IDPH Dashboard current County/Positive Case count/reported recoveries (   ), and the number of deaths to date (if any)  {    }:

  • Cass: 47 (34) {1}
  • Adair: 21 [1 more than on Sunday]  (16)
  • Adams: 16 (10)
  • Audubon: 28 (15) {1}
  • Guthrie: 126 (80) {5}
  • Montgomery: 43 (29) {3}
  • Pottawattamie: 1,212 (816) {23}
  • Shelby: 160 [2 more than on Sunday] (132) {1}