The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard today (as of 10-a.m. Tuesday), said there are 508 new (Positive) COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths have taken place, since 10-a.m. Monday. Officials report there: is a total of 75,275 Positive cases to-date (2,983 since Monday); 2,705 new Negative cases (For a total of 630,386); 54,257 Iowans have recovered from the virus, and there have been a total of 1,233 deaths since the pandemic began. IDPH reported 707,186 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19.  Officials reported an 8.6% positivity rate over the last 14 days.

Of those who died, 855 had a pre-existing condition, and 651 of the deaths took place at a Long-Term Care (LTC) facility. In the KJAN listening area: Adair and Union Counties have one more positive case each, of COVID-19. Guthrie County has four more cases.

Across the State, hospitalizations are up 12 to 284. The number of patients with COVID-19 who are in an ICU is 71 (1 less than Monday); 36 people were admitted to a hospital with symptoms of the virus, and 29 patients are on ventilators. In western/southwest Iowa, hospitals report: two less patients are hospitalized for a total of 11; one more person was placed in the ICU (6 total); no people were admitted to a hospital, and one person remains on  ventilator.

There are two more LTC outbreaks, at 36, with 869 patients/staff testing positive, and 396 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: 57 cases; (40); 1 death
• Adams County: 27 cases; (21)
• Audubon County: 46 cases; (29); 1 death
• Guthrie County: 205 cases; (151); 5 deaths
• Montgomery County: 83 cases; (78); 5 deaths
• Pottawattamie County: 1,828 cases; (1,555); 36 deaths
• Shelby County: 234 cases; (222); 1 death.
• Madison County, 184; (147); 2 deaths
• Harrison County, 162 cases; (149); 2 deaths
• Union County: 105 cases; (84); 3 deaths.
• Mills County: 149 cases; (105); 1 death.