Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard this (as of 10-a.m., Sunday) morning, indicated 13 more deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 since Saturday’s report, for a total of 1,842. The number of deaths attributed to a pre-existing conditions statewide are 1,197, while deaths at Long-Term Care facilities amount to 890, four more than what was reported Saturday.

Officials say there are 4,213 new confirmed cases of the virus, for a total since the pandemic began, of 152,604. Cass County has 16 more Positive cases of COVID, for a total of 579. Double-digit case increases were also reported in Adams, Harrison, Madison, Mills, Montgomery and Shelby Counties. Pottawattamie County cases jumped by 126, to 4,038, since the pandemic began.

The number of Long-Term Care facility (LTC) outbreaks remain 92. Those care facilities report 2,846 positive cases and 1,195 recoveries.   In Cass County, three facilities: Atlantic Specialty Care, The Heritage House, and the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, have a combined total of 143 positive cases, with 34 recovered. Harrison County has 298 cases among three facilities, and 209 recovered. Longview Home, Inc. has the highest positivity rate in that county, for a total of 119.  (For more data, go to https://coronavirus.iowa.gov/)

Hospitalizations were up from 949 Saturday to 992 today. There fewer COVID patients in an ICU though (199 Saturday as compared to 190 today). Persons admitted to a hospital since 10-a.m. Saturday number 181, seven more than yesterday. And there are 77 persons on a ventilator, compared to 72 on Saturday. In western/southwestern Iowa: there are 59 COVID patients in the hospital; 20 are in an ICU, four people were admitted, and there are currently two people on a ventilator.

The health department reports 1,030,973 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19. The state received 7,634 lab test results in the previous day, with 2,162 Positive results and 5,438 Negative results. The State’s Individual Positivity rate is up to 14.8% (14.5% ) previously, and the 14-day rolling average is up to 19.4% (It was 18.6% Saturday). The total number of negative results since the onset of the pandemic amounts to 876,665.

Of Iowa’s 99 counties, 81 report 14-day positivity rates above 15%. Only one Iowa county, Ringgold County, reports a 14-day positivity rate below 10%. Cass County’s Positivity rate is 19.6%  Taylor County is up to 26.8%, and Page County’s Positivity rate jumped to 33.6%.  Jones County, in eastern Iowa has the State’s highest Positivity rate, at 41.9%.   Officials say 100,712 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, 579 cases {+15}; 364 recovered; 10 deaths
• Adair, 278 {+13}; 99; 3
• Adams, 103 {+10}; 59; 1
• Audubon, 228 {+7}; 115; 1
• Guthrie, 502 {+7); 324; 15
• Harrison County, 816 {+17}; 485; 21
• Madison County, 455 {+12}; 313; 4
• Mills County, 602 {+24}; 285; 3
• Montgomery, 267 {+12}; 200; 7
• Pottawattamie County, 4,038 {+126]; 2,818; 49
• Shelby County, 525 {+16}; 430; 2
• Union County,  368 {+9}; 254; 6