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Iowa COVID-19 update, 3/14/21: 286 new cases. No additional deaths

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March 14th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Sunday), shows 286 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 370,522. There was also NO additional deaths statewide, for a pandemic total of 5,633. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,216 of the total number of deaths across the state.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks remain at three. Hospitalization numbers show: 160 Iowans hospitalized with COVID (compared to 182 on Saturday); 40 in an ICU; 29 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 40 previously), and 18 patients are on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show those hospitalized with COVID are down to 10 (4 less than Saturday), seven are in an ICU, there were no new admissions, and three people are on a ventilator.

Over one-million total doses have now been administered (1,076,880) in Iowa, with 1,034,866 vaccines given to Iowa residents alone.  Over 394,565 have completed the vaccination series.

The 14-day positivity rate is 3.8%. The seven-day rate is also 3.8%.

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, 1,381 cases; {+6}; 52 deaths
  • Adair, 939; {+0}; 31
  • Adams, 328 {+1}; 4
  • Audubon, 495 {+0}; 9
  • Guthrie, 1,184 {+1}; 28
  • Harrison County, 1,810; {+1}; 70
  • Madison County, 1,604; {+0}; 18
  • Mills County, 1,656; {+0}; 20
  • Montgomery, 1,044; {+02}; 36
  • Pottawattamie County, 10,976; {+19}; 149
  • Shelby County, 1,252 {+3}; 34
  • Union County,  1,277; {+2}; 31