The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Tuesday), shows 526 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 374,385, and a total of 5,675 deaths, to-date. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,224 of the total number of deaths across the state.

For the first time in several days, there was one new COVID-19 outbreak at a Long-Term Care facility. The Good Samaritan Society in Ottumwa has six active cases of COVID. Hospitalization data show: 185 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (compared to 171 Monday); 37 people are in an ICU (compared to 41 Sunday); 28 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 23 Monday), and 16 patients are on a ventilator, two less than previously reported.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 12 hospitalized with COVID; 9 people are in an ICU; There were no admissions, and there are six people on a ventilator, compared to four on Sunday.

The 14-day positivity rate remains 4%, and the seven day rate is just a bit, at 4.3%.

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, 1,390 cases; {+0}; 52 deaths
• Adair, 952; {+0}; 31
• Adams, 327 {+1}; 4
• Audubon, 497 {+1}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,205 {+12}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,830; {+5}; 70
• Madison County, 1,620; {+1}; 19
• Mills County, 1,687; {+1}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,047 {+0}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,105; {+5}; 149
• Shelby County, 1,260 {+1}; 34
• Union County,  1,286; {+0}; 31