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Iowa COVID-19 update, 3/21/20: 2 additional deaths; 318 additional cases

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March 21st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Sunday), shows 318 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 373,690, and two additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,674. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,225 of the total number of deaths across the state.

Iowa continues to report no Long-Term Care (LTC) facility COVID-19 outbreaks. Hospitalization data show: 174 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID; 41 are in an ICU (compared to 38 Saturday); 40 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 27 Saturday), and 16 patients are on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: those hospitalized with COVID are at 15; 10 people are in an ICU; three people was admitted, and four people remain are on a ventilator.The 14-day positivity rate is unchanged at 3.9%, while the seven day rate is up slightly, to 4%.

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, 1,393 cases; {+4}; 52 deaths
  • Adair, 952; {+2}; 31
  • Adams, 326 {+0}; 4
  • Audubon, 495 {+0}; 9
  • Guthrie, 1,192 {+0}; 28
  • Harrison County, 1,822; {+0}; 70
  • Madison County, 1,620; {+3}; 19
  • Mills County, 1,687; {+5}; 20
  • Montgomery, 1,050 {+5}; 36
  • Pottawattamie County, 11,098; {+23}; 149
  • Shelby County, 1,260 {+4}; 34
  • Union County,  1,284; {+0}; 31