The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (as of 10-a.m., Saturday), shows 593 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 370,236. There was also 2 additional deaths statewide, for a pandemic total of 5,633. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,215 of the total number of deaths across the state.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks remain at three. Hospitalization numbers show: 182 Iowans hospitalized with COVID (compared to 168 on Friday); 41 in an ICU (compared to 76 Friday); 40 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 17 patients are on a ventilator (Three more than Friday).

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show 14 hospitalized COVID patients (2 more than Friday), seven are in an ICU, two persons were admitted and two are on a ventilator.

Over one-million total doses have now been administered (1,070,062) in Iowa, with 990,459 given to Iowa residents alone.  Over 366,371 have completed the vaccination series.

The 14-day positivity rate is 3.8%, while the seven-day rate is down to 3.7%.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} – if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:

• Cass, 1,375 cases; {+3}; 52 deaths
• Adair, 939; {+1}; 31
• Adams, 329 {+2}; 4
• Audubon, 495 {+0}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,183 {+0}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,809; {+4}; 70
• Madison County, 1,604; {+2}; 18
• Mills County, 1,656; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,044; {+2}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 10,958; {+12}; 149
• Shelby County, 1,249 {+3}; 34
• Union County,  1,275; {+0}; 31