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Iowa COVID-19 update for 3/15/21: Eight additional deaths; 203 additional cases; hospitalizations up slightly

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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