Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Tuesday), indicates the are 1,906 new, Positive cases of COVID-19, and 24 additional deaths. The total number of Positive cases since the beginning of the pandemic, amount to 230,902. Deaths total 2,427. The IDPH says one more death was reported in Harrison County, for a total of 30. Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities report 1,069 deaths, and deaths attributed in-part to preexisting conditions number 1,335.

Hospitalizations are beginning to creep back up, after six consecutive days of decline. The data show 1,172 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19, 10 more than Monday. Health officials say 235 COVID patients are in an ICU, 129 were admitted, and 144 patients are on a ventilator. Hospitals in southwest/western Iowa (RMCC Region 4) report: 64 hospitalized;  20 are in an ICU (4 more than Monday); four were admitted (Compared to 9 Monday), and nine COVID patients are on a ventilator (There were 8 yesterday).

Long-Term Care facility outbreaks are up from a record 156 Monday to a new record of 162 today. The IDPH says 4,898 patients/staff have tested positive; 2,195 have tested negative. Area LTC data show: 214 positive cases and 132 recoveries at the three facilities in Cass County; 126 positive and 29 recovered in Shelby County (2 facilities); 139 positive and 120 recovered in Harrison County (1 facility); and 234 positive cases along with 79 recoveries at three LTC’s in Pottawattamie County.

Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 137,431, while 1,215,675 have been tested, to-date. There were 4,613 lab results returned yesterday, with 3,432 negative results and 1,171 positive. The individual positivity rate is 19.0%, and the 14-day rolling average is 17.1%. Cass County’s positivity rate is 18.4%. A total of 982, 620 negative results have been returned since the pandemic began. The IDPH says 137,433 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, 820 cases {+4}; 515 recovered; 23 deaths
• Adair, 442 {+1}; 248; 8
• Adams, 171 {+1}; 90; 2
• Audubon, 300 {+4}; 211; 2
• Guthrie, 764 {+10); 455; 15
• Harrison County, 1,087 {+10}; 748; 30
• Madison County, 695 {+9}; 414; 4
• Mills County, 1,064 {+11}; 522; 7
• Montgomery, 483 {+20}; 231; 11
• Pottawattamie County, 6,445 {+126]; 3,704; 70
• Shelby County, 773 {+8}; 458; 11
• Union County,  782 {+10}; 311; 6