(Updated 10-a.m., 10/8) – The State of Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today shows Cass County has seven more positive cases of the virus, for a total since the pandemic began, of 205 cases. The number of cases in Pottawattamie jumped 76 to 2,471, and there was one additional death attributed to the virus in Pott. County, for a total of 42 since the outbreak began. Harrison County had 25 more cases of COVID-19, for a total of 365. (See more detailed info. below)

Statewide, there are 95,857 positive cases of COVID-19, with 1,515 new cases reported since 10-a.m. Wednesday, a NEW RECORD in Iowa. There have also been five more deaths statewide, for a total of 1,419. The IDPH says of the reported deaths, 964 were related to a pre-existing medical condition. There have been a total of 841,909 Iowans tested for COVID-19 to-date, with 744,430 total Negative results. There were 6,825 results received since Wednesday, with 6,104 of those Negative, and 706 Positive. The 14-day rolling average is  8.8%. Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 74,170.

There are currently 15 Iowa counties reporting a positivity rate greater than 15% over the last 14 days. Public schools in Lyon, Sioux, Taylor, Page, Carroll, Delaware, Fremont, Guthrie, Adams, O’Brien, Harrison, Plymouth, Osceola, Emmet and Ida counties can apply with the education department for a waiver to provide 100% virtual learning. Lyon, Sioux, Taylor and Page counties report a positivity rate greater than 20%.

Hospitalizations continue to rise, from 444 yesterday to 449 this morning. That’s also a NEW RECORD. The IDPH says: eight more patients were in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), for a total of 112; 63 people with COVID symptoms were admitted to a hospital (down from 97 yesterday); and 39 patients are on a ventilator (down from 42 previously). Western/Southwest Iowa hospitals report 23 people hospitalized (unchanged from previous report), six are in an ICU, two were admitted and no one was on a ventilator.

There are currently 53 Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa, 1,094 positive cases of COVID among patients and staff at those facilities, and there have been 724 deaths since the outbreak began. The IDPH reports 606 recoveries 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, 205 cases {+7}; 177 recovered; 2 deaths
• Adair, 85; 55; 1
• Adams, 49 {+2}; 30; 0
• Audubon, 111 {+1}; 41; 1
• Guthrie, 312 {+7}; 188; 12
• Harrison County, 365 {+25}; 186; 5
• Madison County, 278 {+5}; 191; 2
• Mills County, 247 {+8}; 145; 1
• Montgomery, 118 {+3}; 96; 5
• Pottawattamie County, 2,471 {+76}; 1,886; 42
• Shelby County, 293 {+2}; 267; 1
• Union County,  159; 109; 3