Iowa has passed the one-million mark on tests for COVID-19. The State’s Coronavirus dashboard (as of 10-am. today) shows 1,005,088 Iowans have been tested for the virus. Since 10-a.m. Wednesday, and a record of 4,562 tests have come back Positive for COVID-19, for a total of 140,609 since the beginning of the pandemic, and there have been nearly 862,788 total Negative tests. The IDPH says 20 more deaths have been reported since Wednesday, for a total of 1,801. There was: one more death in Cass County attributed to the virus (for a total of 7); One more death in Harrison County (19 total), and one more in Union County (total of 6).  Cass County also has 13 more Positive cases of COVID, for a total of 538. Double-digit cases increase were also reported in Guthrie, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery and Shelby Counties. Pottawattamie County has 106 new cases since 10-a.m. Wednesday.

Statewide, pre-existing conditions account for 1,176 of the total deaths, while Long-Term Care facility deaths are up five, to 870. The number of Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks is 84. In Cass County, two facilities: Atlantic Specialty Care and the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, have a combined total of 144 positive cases, with 31 recovered. Harrison County has 258 cases among three facilities, and 186 recovered.  (For more data not seen here, go to https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/)

Hospitalizations set another record in Iowa, jumping from 777 on Wednesday to 839 today. There are five more COVID patients in an ICU, at 188. Admissions dropped from 164 Wednesday to 156 today. And there are three fewer persons on a ventilator, for a total of 60. In western/southwestern Iowa: there are seven more people hospitalized with COVID, at 54; Two more are in an ICU, for a total of 15, and three more people were admitted, for a total of nine. There are now two persons on a ventilator, one more than reported yesterday.

The State’s Individual Positivity rate is up to 14.0% from 13.7% previously, and the 14-day rolling average is up to 16.9%, compared to 15.7% on Wednesday. There are 21 counties with a Positivity rate of 20% or greater, up from 18 previously. Cass County has a Positivity rate of 21.3%.  Taylor County is at 22.4%, and Page County’s Positivity rate jumped from 20.5% to 26.5%.  Wayne County, in eastern Iowa still has the State’s highest Positivity rate, at 33.6%

Officials say 97,944 Iowans have recovered from the virus. 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, 540 cases {+13}; 351 recovered; 7 deaths
• Adair, 254 {+2}; 89; 1
• Adams, 93 {+1}; 55; 1
• Audubon, 214 {+2}; 113; 1
• Guthrie, 470 {+11); 307; 15
• Harrison County, 778 {+18}; 437; 19
• Madison County, 416 {+7}; 296; 3
• Mills County, 532 {+37}; 257; 3
• Montgomery, 234 {+12}; 188; 7
• Pottawattamie County, 3,773 {+106]; 2,706; 47
• Shelby County, 468 {+23}; 428; 2
• Union County,  319 {+8}; 247; 5