(Update 10-a.m.) The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Monday), indicated the number of Positive cases in the State continue to rise, along with the number of deaths. There were 1,469 new cases statewide, and 17 deaths reported for a total of 1,733. Pre-existing conditions account for 1,132 of the total deaths. Cass County has one more death (total of 4), 16 more Positive cases, for a total of 495. Pottawattamie County has 29 new Positive cases.

Long-Term Care Facility deaths are up seven, 847. The number of outbreaks at LTC’s are down one, to 80. In Cass County, two facilities: Atlantic Specialty Care and the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, have a combined total of 116 positive cases, with 17 recovered. Harrison County has 251 cases among three facilities, and 125 recovered.  (For more data not seen here, go to https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/)

Hospitalizations total 718 today (compared to 676 Sunday). There are 156 COVID patients in an ICU (Down from 164 on Sunday), 108 have been admitted since Sunday (down from 128 previously), and 57 are on a ventilator (up from 53 yesterday). In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 46 people hospitalized with COVID (compared to 43 yesterday); 10 are in an ICU, four were admitted and three are on a ventilator.

The IDPH reports a total of 984,539 Iowans have been tested for the virus, with 131,713 testing positive, and 851,139 testing Negative. The Individual Positivity rate is 13.4%, and the 14-day rolling average is 14.4%. There are 11 counties with a Positivity rate of 20% or greater, including: Cass County, at 21.9%;  Harrison County at 21.5%, and Taylor County at 20.1%.  Officials say 93,813 Iowans have recovered from the virus.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county (as of 6-a.m., 11/2), 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, 495 cases {+16}; 308 recovered; 4 deaths
• Adair, 230 {+9}; 77; 1
• Adams, 88 {+1}; 51; 1
• Audubon, 193 {+2}; 105; 1
• Guthrie, 440 {+13); 284; 15
• Harrison County, 745 {+5}; 351; 17
• Madison County, 401 {+5}; 275; 3
• Mills County, 489 {+16}; 233; 3
• Montgomery, 214 {+3}; 162; 7
• Pottawattamie County, 3,585 {+29]; 2,552; 45
• Shelby County, 430 {+4}; 360; 2
• Union County,  291; 232; 5