Iowa COVID-19 update for 3/15/21: Eight additional deaths; 203 additional cases; hospitalizations up slightly
March 15th, 2021 by Ric Hanson
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Monday), shows 203 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 370,725. There were eight additional deaths statewide over the past 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 5,641. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,217 of the total number of deaths across the state.
Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are down to just two. Hospitalization numbers are fluctuating: 161 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID; 42 are in an ICU; 26 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 21 patients are on a ventilator.
RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show those hospitalized with COVID are up slightly, to 11, eight people are in an ICU, there was one new admissions, and four people are on a ventilator.
The 14-day positivity rate is up just a bit, to 3.9%. The seven-day rate is steady at 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, 1,380 cases; {+0}; 52 deaths
- Adair, 939; {+0}; 31
- Adams, 327 {+0}; 4
- Audubon, 495 {+0}; 9
- Guthrie, 1,183 {+0}; 28
- Harrison County, 1,811; {+1}; 70
- Madison County, 1,604; {+0}; 18
- Mills County, 1,657; {+1}; 20
- Montgomery, 1,045; {+1}; 36
- Pottawattamie County, 10,976; {+0}; 149
- Shelby County, 1,252 {+0}; 34
- Union County, 1,278; {+1}; 31