The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Thursday), shows 436 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 372,219, and nine additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,666. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,224 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There are NO Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks to report. Hospitalization data show: 171 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (10 more than on Wednesday); 41 are in an ICU; 27 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 19 patients remain on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show those hospitalized with COVID are at 16, eight people are in an ICU, there were three people admitted, and four people remain are on a ventilator.The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are steady at 3.9% 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, 1,386 cases; {+1}; 52 deaths
• Adair, 947; {+1}; 31
• Adams, 329 {+3}; 4
• Audubon, 495 {+1}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,189 {+3}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,815; {+1}; 70
• Madison County, 1,613; {+0}; 18
• Mills County, 1,666; {+1}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,048 {+3}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,023; {+13}; 149
• Shelby County, 1,263 {+0}; 34
• Union County,  1,280; {+0}; 31