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Iowa COVID-19 update for 3/16/21: 1 additional death, 467 additional cases

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March 16th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Tuesday), shows 467 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 371,192. There was one additional death over the past 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 5,642. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,219 of the total number of deaths across the state.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are down to one. Hospitalization stats continue to fluctuate: 162 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID; 40 are in an ICU; 33 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 18 patients are on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show those hospitalized with COVID are up to 15, 10 people are in an ICU, there were four new admissions, and four people are on a ventilator.

The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are both up slightly, to 4% each.

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, 1,382 cases; {+2}; 52 deaths
  • Adair, 940; {+1}; 31
  • Adams, 328 {+1}; 4
  • Audubon, 495 {+0}; 9
  • Guthrie, 1,186 {+3}; 28
  • Harrison County, 1,810; {+0}; 70
  • Madison County, 1,608; {+4}; 18
  • Mills County, 1,661; {+4}; 20
  • Montgomery, 1,046; {+1}; 36
  • Pottawattamie County, 10,991; {+14}; 149
  • Shelby County, 1,258 {+6}; 34
  • Union County,  1,279; {+1}; 31