The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, Monday (today) reported 110 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 378,110, and seven additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,725. There was one additional death reported in Cass County, where the total is now 53, and in Union County, where the total stands at 32.  Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,233 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There remain two COVID-19 outbreak at a Long-Term Care facilities across the State, with 12 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Health officials say 196 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (four more than reported previously); 44 people are in an ICU (2 more than last report); 38 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 35 on Sunday), and nine patients are on a ventilator, a decline of three from Sunday.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 11 hospitalized with COVID; 10 COVID patients are in an ICU; No one with symptoms of COVID were admitted, and there remain one person with COVID on a ventilator.

The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are up slightly, to 4.5% and 4.9% respectfully.

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, 1,398 cases; {+0}; 53 deaths
• Adair, 956; {+0}; 31
• Adams, 328 {+1}; 4
• Audubon, 500 {+1}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,218 {+3}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,841; {+3}; 71
• Madison County, 1,637; {+3; 19
• Mills County, 1,707; {+3}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,058 {+2}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,267; {+3}; 152
• Shelby County, 1,286 {+0}; 34
• Union County,  1,298; {+1}; 31