The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, Tuesday, showed that for the second day in a row, there were no additional deaths from COVID-19 to report. The pandemic total remains 5,857. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,295 of the total number of deaths across the state. That is unchanged from Monday’s report.

There were 565 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 386,469. There remain three Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 30 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities.

Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations are 220 (unchanged from the past 24-hours), and there are 56 COVID patients in an ICU. The IDPH says 31 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 20 patients remain on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 26 hospitalized with COVID (4 less than on Monday); 12 COVID patients are in an ICU; one person was admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there remain two COVID patients on a ventilator.

The 14-day positivity rate remains at 4.9%, while the seven-day rate ticked down slightly to 4.8%.

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, 1,419 cases; {+3}; 54 deaths
• Adair, 960; {+0}; 32
• Adams, 336 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 512 {+1}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,251 {+5}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,882; {+4}; 73
• Madison County, 1,659; {+4; 19
• Mills County, 1,742; {+4}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,076 {+0}; 37
• Pottawattamie County, 11,688; {+14}; 160
• Shelby County, 1,323 {+2}; 37
• Union County,  1,321; {+1}; 32