Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Thursday), shows 38 additional deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 since Wednesday’s 10-a.m. report, for a total of 2,102. The number of deaths attributed to a pre-existing conditions statewide are 1,289, while deaths at Long-Term Care facilities amount to 971, 10 more than yesterday. There is: one more death to report in Cass County, for a total of 18; One more death in Mills County, and two more deaths in Pottawattamie County.

Officials say there have been 4,195 new confirmed, Positive cases of the virus reported since yesterday, for a total since the pandemic began, of 198,674. Cass County has 11 new, Positive cases of COVID, for a total of 680. Double-digit Positive case increases were reported in Adair, Guthrie, Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Shelby and Union Counties, and 144 more cases in Pottawattamie County. (See the list below)

There remain 94 Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks. Those care facilities report 2,830 positive cases and 1,438 recovered. Cass County’s three LTC facilities have a total of 147 confirmed positive cases and 72 recovered. Harrison County has two LTC facility outbreaks, for a total of 206 confirmed positive cases and 171 recovered .

The health department reports a drop in virus hospitalizations for the first time in November. There are currently 1,516 Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19, down from 1,527 the previous day. Iowa had set a record for hospitalizations each day in November. There were 233 patients admitted in the last 24 hours, down from 234 the previous day. There are 285 patients in intensive care, up from 283 a day earlier. The state reports 135 patients on ventilators, up from 134 the previous day. In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 66 COVID patients in the hospital; 22 are in an ICU, six people were admitted to a hospital, and there are seven people a ventilator.

The state’s data shows that 1,133,891 Iowans have been tested for coronavirus. Test results received yesterday amounted to 10,903, with 8,141 coming back Negative and 2,570 Positive.  The total number of Negative results since the beginning of the pandemic is 933,203. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is 22.1%, and the Individual Positivity rate is 17.5%. With the exception of Audubon and Ringgold Counties, each of the counties in southwest Iowa have a 14-day positivity rate of 15% or more. Cass County’s rate is 15.5%. Page County has the highest rate at 35%, with Shelby and Montgomery each having a rate of 26.2%. Audubon County’s 14-day rate is 13%. Ringgold County is the lowest, at 10.2%.

The IDPH says 112,777 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, 680 cases {+11}; 448 recovered; 18 deaths
• Adair, 378 {+14}; 153; 5
• Adams, 144 {+2}; 73; 1
• Audubon, 270 {+1}; 138; 1
• Guthrie, 666 {+27); 366; 15
• Harrison County, 952 {+12}; 618; 26
• Madison County, 599 {+17}; 349; 4
• Mills County, 894 {+14}; 364; 6
• Montgomery, 395 {+14}; 202; 10
• Pottawattamie County, 5,264 {+144]; 3,224; 61
• Shelby County, 682 {+14}; 436; 3
• Union County,  612 {+28}; 259; 6