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Iowa COVID-19 update for 12/6/20: Death rate decreasing; Hospitalizations also falling

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December 6th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard early today (10-a.m. Sunday) shows the rapid number of increases in deaths from COVID-19 have declined from 62 Saturday to 17 today, for a total of 2,682. The past few days (Dec. 3-5) have shown increases of 70, 84 and 62 dead (per day, respectively). Five more deaths have been recorded in Pottawattamie County since Saturday, for a total of 81.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities report 1,118 deaths, while deaths attributed in-part to preexisting conditions number 1,363. There are 1,869 new Positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, for a total of 243,931. Long-Term Care facility outbreaks are at 137. There are 5,282 positive cases and 2,305 recoveries reported within those facilities. Cass County currently has 161 positive cases among two facilities, with 92 recovered.

Hospitalizations statewide have fallen from 960 Saturday, to 918 today, with 195 COVID patients in an ICU (down from 204 previously); 141 were admitted (10 more than previous), and 122 patients are on a ventilator (that’s up 5 from Saturday). Hospitals in southwest/western Iowa (RMCC Region 4) report: 52 hospitalized; 209 are in an ICU; 4 were admitted, and 7 COVID patients remain on a ventilator.

Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 158,994, while 1,248,999 have been tested, to-date. The State’s positivity rate is down to 16.5%. Cass County’s positivity rate has declined to 15.0%.

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, 872 cases {+5}; 572 recovered; 26 deaths
  • Adair, 479 {+7}; 284; 10
  • Adams, 193 {+10}; 107; 2
  • Audubon, 313 {+1}; 228; 2
  • Guthrie, 808 {+6); 517; 15
  • Harrison County, 1,161 {+10}; 804; 32
  • Madison County, 768 {+9}; 475; 5
  • Mills County, 1,128 {+5}; 681; 10
  • Montgomery, 541 [+3}; 281; 11
  • Pottawattamie County, 7,033 {+66]; 4,227; 81
  • Shelby County, 819 {+3}; 540; 14
  • Union County,  885 {+15}; 380; 8