The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (as of 10-a.m, Thursday) shows 641 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 375,855, and six additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,689. In southwest Iowa, there was one additional death in Harrison County, for a total of 71, and one in Pottawattamie County, where the pandemic total number of deaths stands at 150. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,226 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There remains just one COVID-19 outbreak at a Long-Term Care facility. Health officials say 207 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (compared to 190 previously); 46 people are in an ICU (compared to 40 previously); 46 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 36 previously), and 17 patients are on a ventilator, two less than previously reported.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 15 hospitalized with COVID; nine COVID patients are in an ICU; there were two persons admitted w/symptoms of COVID, and there are five people with COVID on a ventilator.

The 14-day positivity rate increased from 4.1% Wednesday to 4.2% Thursday, while the seven day rate went from 4.4% to 4.7%. State data shows 1,321,859 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, with 511,174 individuals completing the series. There have been 4,375,038 COVID-19 tests administered in Iowa.

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, 1,396 cases; {+4}; 52 deaths
• Adair, 954; {+2}; 31
• Adams, 327 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 499 {+2}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,211 {+5}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,833; {+1}; 71
• Madison County, 1,629; {+3}; 19
• Mills County, 1,690; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,050 {+2}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,182; {+34}; 150
• Shelby County, 1,276 {+10}; 34
• Union County,  1,287; {+0}; 31