(Updated 10-a.m., 10/9) – The State of Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today shows Cass County has seven more positive cases of the virus, for a total of 212 cases since the pandemic began.  There are 26 new cases in Pottawattamie County and 34 more cases in Harrison County. There was also one more death attributed to the virus in Pott. County, for a total of 43 since the outbreak began. (See more detailed info. below)

Statewide, there are 1,184 new cases of COVID-19 since 10-a.m. Thursday, for a total of 97,041. There have also been 14 more deaths statewide, for a total of 1,433. The IDPH says of the reported deaths, 968 were related to a pre-existing medical condition. There have been a total of 847,700 Iowans tested for COVID-19 to-date, with 750,096 total Negative results. There were 8,154 results received since Thursday, with 7,166 of those Negative, and 977 Positive. The 14-day rolling average is  8.9%.  Officials say 11.4% of persons tested had a positive test result.  Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 75,041. Fourteen counties in Iowa report 14-day positivity rates above 15%, including Lyon, Taylor, Sioux, Harrison, Fremont, Page, Carroll, Delaware, Adams, Plymouth, Guthrie, Osceola, Emmet and O’Brien counties.

Hospitalizations continue to rise, from a record 449 yesterday to 461 this morning. The IDPH says: eight fewer patients were in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), for a total of 104; 77 people with COVID symptoms were admitted to a hospital (compared to 66 Thursday); and 38 patients are on a ventilator (down from 39 previously). Western/Southwest Iowa hospitals report 25 people hospitalized, five are in an ICU, eight were admitted and no one was on a ventilator.

There are currently 56 Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa (3 more than previously reported), 1,154 positive cases of COVID among patients and staff at those facilities, and there have been 731 deaths since the outbreak began (6 more than the last report). The IDPH reports 614 persons recovered from the virus at LTC’s.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, along with the 24-hour change in case numbers {+#}; the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began,

• Cass, 212 cases {+7}; 179 recovered; 2 deaths
• Adair, 88 {+2}; 56; 1
• Adams, 52 {+3}; 30; 0
• Audubon, 112 {+2}; 41; 1
• Guthrie, 320 {+8}; 194; 12
• Harrison County, 399 {+34}; 186; 5
• Madison County, 284 {+6}; 191; 2
• Mills County, 254 {+7}; 147; 1
• Montgomery, 125 {+9}; 97; 5
• Pottawattamie County, 2,497 {+26}; 1,929; 43
• Shelby County, 301 {+8}; 271; 1
• Union County,  175 {+16}; 115; 3