Iowa health officials reported that over the past 24-hours (as of 10-a.m. Friday) there were 1,142 new, positive COVID-19 cases (including 4 more in Cass County) for a statewide total of 90, 754, and nine more deaths (including 2 more in Harrison County and 1 more in Pottawattamie County), for a total of 1,367. Deaths attributed to a pre-existing medical condition amount to 933. There have been 7,137 Lab results returned since 10-a.m. Thursday, for a total of 810, 551. Of the latest results, 6,337 came back Negative for COVID-19 (for a total of 718,259), and 791 were positive, for a 14-day rolling average of 8.7%. The number of Iowans who have recovered from the virus is 70,420. As of Friday, 85 of Iowa’s 99 counties have a positivity rate exceeding 5%, the rate at which many public health experts recommend a mask mandate.

New, positive test results in the KJAN listening area include: 43 more in Pottawattamie County; 8 new cases in Madison County; 7 more cases in Harrison County; 6 new cases of COVID-19 in Mills County; 5 more cases in Cass and Montgomery Counties; 2 new cases in Guthrie and Shelby Counties, and 1 additional case in Union County.

Hospitalization data due to COVID-19 show: 393 are hospitalized as of today, compared to 407 yesterday; 95 patients are in an ICU (compared to 104 yesterday); 66 people have been admitted to a hospital (there were 53 yesterday), and 36 COVID patients are on a ventilator (3 more than Thursday). In western/southwest Iowa, 24 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, 10 are in an ICU (2 more than Thursday), 4 were admitted since yesterday, and no one is on a ventilator.

There are now 53 long-term care facilities with coronavirus outbreaks in Iowa. IDPH reports 1,127 positive cases and 695 recoveries within those facilities. There have been 704 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities, six more than yesterday.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began:

• Cass, 188 cases; 160 recovered; 2 deaths
• Adair, 76; 48; 1
• Adams, 38; 28; 0
• Audubon, 98; 39; 1
• Guthrie, 275; 177; 10
• Harrison County, 297; 176; 5
• Madison County, 255; 186; 2
• Mills County, 211; 142; 1
• Montgomery, 105; 92; 5
• Pottawattamie County, 2,287; 1,795; 40
• Shelby County, 280; 250; 1
• Union County,  149; 93; 3