Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (10-a.m., Thursday), shows 29 more deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 since Wednesday’s report, for a total of 1,928. The number of deaths attributed to a pre-existing conditions statewide are 1,238, while deaths at Long-Term Care facilities amount to 915, 10 more than yesterday. Officials say there are 4,337 new confirmed cases of the virus, for a total since the pandemic began, of 170,358. Cass County has one new, Positive case of COVID, for a total of 607, and two more deaths, for a total of 13. Double-digit Positive case increases were reported in Adair, Guthrie, Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie, Shelby and Union Counties. The IDPH reports one more death in Adair and Pottawattamie Counties, and three more in Harrison County.

Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks are down to 100 today. Those care facilities report 2,989 positive cases and 1,322 recovered.   In Cass County, three facilities: Atlantic Specialty Care, The Heritage House, and the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, have a combined total of 144 positive cases, with 42 recovered.

A record number of Iowans remain hospitalized with COVID-19. Hospitalizations were up from 1,190 yesterday to 1,208 today. COVID patients in an ICU amount to 215 (three more than yesterday). Persons admitted to a hospital since 10-a.m. Wednesday are down from 240 to 207, and there remains 101 patients on a ventilator. In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 62 COVID patients in the hospital; 18 are in an ICU, six people were admitted, and there are currently eight people on a ventilator (three more than yesterday).

The health department reports 1,068,270 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19. The state received 9,410 lab test results in the previous day, with 2,752 Positive results and 6,653 Negative results (total Negative to-date: 896,145). The IDPH says 105,356 Iowans have recovered from the virus. The State’s Individual Positivity rate is up to 15.9%, and the 14-day rolling average is up to 22.1%. Cass County’s positivity rate is 17.1%. Page County’s rate is 37.5% (the highest in southwest Iowa). Elsewhere in the area: Shelby County is up to 26.6%; Mills County’s rate is 25.3%; Montgomery County has a 23.4% rate; Union County is at 21.6%; Guthrie County is at 21% and Pott. County’s rate is 20.7%.

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, 607 cases {+1}; 399 recovered; 13 deaths
• Adair, 306 {+10}; 120; 4
• Adams, 121 {+1}; 65; 1
• Audubon, 244 {+9}; 127; 1
• Guthrie, 557 {+17); 345; 15
• Harrison County, 863 {+13}; 546; 24
• Madison County, 498 {+8}; 331; 4
• Mills County, 696 {+16}; 321; 4
• Montgomery, 306 {+8}; 201; 8
• Pottawattamie County, 4,342 {+55]; 3,010; 52
• Shelby County, 585 {+19}; 432; 2
• Union County,  448 {+15}; 257; 6