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Iowa COVID-19 update for 4/19/2021: No additional deaths; 176 new cases; slight uptick in hospitalizations

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April 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, on Monday (4/19) said there had been no additional deaths reported since 10-a.m. Sunday, leaving the pandemic death toll to 5,881. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,301 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There were 176 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 389,348. There are still two Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 23 positive cases among residents and staff at those two facilities.

More than two-million (2,060,963) COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, and 882,783 individuals have completed the vaccine series.

Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations are at 205, and there are 51 COVID patients in an ICU. The IDPH says 27 people with COVID symptoms 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: There are 24 hospitalized with COVID; 11 COVID patients are in an ICU; one person was admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there are four COVID patients on a ventilator.

The 14-day positivity rate in Iowa is 4.6%, and the seven-day positivity rate stands at 4.4%.

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, 1,429 cases; {+3}; 54 deaths
Adair, 964; {+0}; 32
Adams, 338 {+1}; 4
Audubon, 511 {+0}; 9
Guthrie, 1,260 {+0}; 29
Harrison County, 1,896; {+5}; 73
Madison County, 1,679; {+0; 19
Mills County, 1,753; {+0}; 20
Montgomery, 1,083 {+1}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 11,830; {+15}; 162
Shelby County, 1,344 {+0}; 37
Union County, 1,324; {+1}; 32