The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard today (10-a.m. Tuesday), show that since 10-a.m. Monday, there have been 1,516 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide, for a pandemic total of 133,229, and 22 additional deaths, for a total of 1,755. Pre-existing conditions account for 1,147 of the total deaths, while Long-Term Care facility deaths are up eight to 855. Cass County has one more death (for a total of 5), and 11 more Positive cases, for a total of 506. Harrison County’s death toll is now at 18, following one additional death reported since Monday.

The number of outbreaks at LTC’s are up to 84 from yesterday’s 80. In Cass County, two facilities: Atlantic Specialty Care and the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, have a combined total of 125 positive cases, with 23 recovered. Harrison County still has 251 cases among three facilities, and 150 recovered.  (For more data not seen here, go to https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/)

Hospitalizations total a record 730 today (compared to 718 Monday). And , there are a record 170 COVID patients in an ICU (compared to 156 Monday), 92 have been admitted since Monday, when there was 108 admissions, and 59 are on a ventilator. In western/southwestern Iowa: there are four less people hospitalized with COVID, at 42; two more are in an ICU, for a total of 12, and three people were admitted. There are also two persons on a ventilator, one less than reported Monday.

The IDPH reports a total of 988,210 Iowans have been tested for the virus, with 853,282 testing Negative. The Individual Positivity rate is 13.5%, and the 14-day rolling average is 14.8%. There are 11 counties with a Positivity rate of 20% or greater, including: Cass County  has a Positivity rate of 20.3% (that’s down from 21.9% Monday). The only other county with a PR at 20% or above, is Taylor, with 20%.  Officials say 95,422 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, 506 cases {+11}; 325 recovered; 5 deaths
• Adair, 239 {+8}; 84; 1
• Adams, 90 {+2}; 54; 1
• Audubon, 204 {+11}; 106; 1
• Guthrie, 448 {+8); 295; 15
• Harrison County, 748 {+3}; 384; 18
• Madison County, 402 {+1}; 284; 3
• Mills County, 489; 237; 3
• Montgomery, 215 {+1}; 174; 7
• Pottawattamie County, 3,594 {+9]; 2,603; 45
• Shelby County, 436 {+6}; 368; 2
• Union County,  293 {+2}; 236; 5