DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa reported nearly 1,000 more coronavirus cases Sunday, and the state’s rate of positive cases remains high. The state reported 915 new cases of COVID-19 and 2 new deaths as of Sunday mid-morning, to give Iowa 107,062 cases and 1,528 deaths since the pandemic began, according to Iowa’s online virus tracker. There were 19 new Positive cases in Cass County since Saturday (updated through 4:15-p.m. Sunday), for a total of 301. And, there was one more death being reported in Harrison County, where the total is 8 since the start of the pandemic. Other new, Positive COVID-19 cases in our area, include: 40 in Pottawattamie County; 14 in Harrison County; 11 in Mills County; five each in Guthrie and Shelby Counties; 4 more cases in Adams County; three in Adair and Union Counties, two in Madison County, and one in Audubon County.

The IDPH says there are: 34 people are in hospital across western/southwest Iowa, compared to 28 yesterday; eight people are being treated for COVID-19 in an ICU, compared to nine previously; five people have been admitted to a hospital (Compared to three Saturday), and one person remains on a ventilator.

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, 301 cases {+19}; 222 recovered; 2 deaths
• Adair, 123 {+3}; 64; 1
• Adams, 67 {+4}; 35; 0
• Audubon, 128 {+1}; 59; 1
• Guthrie, 363 {+5); 223; 14
• Harrison County, 561 {+14}; 192; 8
• Madison County, 337 {+2}; 206; 2
• Mills County, 334 {+11}; 173; 1
• Montgomery, 152 {+2}; 125; 5
• Pottawattamie County, 2,940 {+40}; 2,144; 44
• Shelby County, 340 {+5}; 298; 1
• Union County,  208 {+3}; 175; 3