The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Monday), said (as of 10 a.m.) there were 406 new (Positive) COVID-19 cases and three deaths since 10-a.m. Sunday. Officials report 74,767 total cases, 53,319 recoveries and 1,221 deaths since the pandemic began. IDPH reported 703,682 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19. There were 3,274 lab results received in the previous day, with 258 positive cases. Officials reported an 8.8% positivity rate over the last 14 days.

Of those who died, 849 had a pre-existing condition, and 650 of the deaths took place at a Long-Term Care (LTC) facility. In the KJAN listening area: Audubon County has 3 more positive COVID-19 cases (total 146); Guthrie County had three more cases (201 total), and Madison County has one new case (184 total). There are five more cases in Pottawattamie County (1,828 total).

Across the State, hospitalizations are down slightly, to 272. The number of patients with COVID-19 who are in an ICU is 75 (4 less than Sunday); 34 people were admitted to a hospital with symptoms of the virus, and 29 patients are on ventilators. In western/southwest Iowa, hospitals report: four more patients hospitalized for a total of 13; one more person was placed in the ICU (5 total); three more people were admitted to a hospital (4 total), and one person remains on  ventilator.

There is one less LTC outbreak, at 34, with 835 patients/staff testing positive, and 367 have recovered.

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

• Cass County: 122 cases; (113); 2 deaths
• Adair County: 56 cases; (40); 1 death
• Adams County: 27 cases; (21)
• Audubon County: 46 cases; (29); 1 death
• Guthrie County: 201 cases; (148); 5 deaths
• Montgomery County: 83 cases; (78); 5 deaths
• Pottawattamie County: 1,828 cases; (1,543); 36 deaths
• Shelby County: 234 cases; (222); 1 death.
• Madison County, 184; (147); 2 deaths
• Harrison County, 162 cases; (142); 2 deaths
• Union County: 104 cases; (83); 3 deaths.
• Mills County: 149 cases; (102); 1 death.