(Updated/adjusted figures, 10-a.m.) The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) today (Wednesday) says from 10-a.m. Tuesday until 10-a.m. today (Wednesday), 12 more deaths were attributed to COVID-19, and 478 new positive cases of the virus have been confirmed. IDPH reports 71,137 total positive cases, 50,937 recoveries and 1,185 deaths since the pandemic began. There was three new, positive COVID-19 case reported in Adair County (54 total), and two more cases in Pottawattamie County (total 1,724).

There have been 676,602 Iowans tested for COVID-19. IDPH reported 3,327 lab test results received in the previous day, with 342 positive results. The state receives results from prior days that add to the overall total. One of five Iowans have been tested, while one of 44 have tested positive. IDPH reported a 10.2% positivity rate over the last 14 days.

IDPH data shows 322 Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 326 the previous day. There are 83 patients in intensive care, down from 92 the previous day. There are 37 patients on ventilators, unchanged from the previous day. There were 32 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, down from 41 the previous day.  In western/southwest Iowa: 11 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19; 7 are in an ICU; No one was admitted to an area hospital, and three patients remain on ventilators.

There are now 28 long-term care facilities reporting a coronavirus outbreak in Iowa, up from 26 the previous day. More than half of Iowa’s COVID-19 deaths have been within long-term care facilities, at 636. IDPH reports 766 current positive cases and 338 recoveries within those facilities.

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: 118 cases; (109); 2 deaths
• Adair County: 54 cases; (37); 1 death
• Adams County: 23 cases; (17)
• Audubon County: 40 cases; (29); 1 death
• Guthrie County: 182 cases; (140); 5 deaths
• Montgomery County: 83 cases; (74); 5 deaths
• Pottawattamie County: 1,725 cases; (1,482); 34 deaths
• Shelby County: 224 cases; (213); 1 death.
• Madison County, 172; (140); 2 deaths
• Harrison County, 157 cases; (138); 2 deaths