(Des Moines) – The Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday reported 691 new positive COVID-19 tests and seven additional deaths. At 10 a.m., the health department reported 390,594 total positive tests, 342,409 total recoveries and 5,893 total deaths since the start of the pandemic. Twenty-four hours earlier, the health department reported 389,903 total positive tests and 5,886 total deaths. One Iowa care facility reports a COVID-19 outbreak. There are 18 positive cases and six recoveries among residents and staff within that facility. Iowa reports 2,304 long-term care facility deaths.

There have been 2,084,341 vaccine doses administered in Iowa, with 895,872 individuals completing the vaccine series. Iowa’s 7-day positivity rate remains at 4.4%, while the 14-day average declined from 4.5% to 4.4%. There have been 4,701,760 COVID-19 tests administered in Iowa. The number of Iowans hospitalized increased from 215 to 219 in the last 24 hours. There are 54 patients in ICU and 20 patients on ventilators.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 22 hospitalized with COVID; 10 COVID patients are in an ICU; one person was admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there remain four COVID patients on a ventilator.

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, 1,431 cases; {+2}; 54 deaths
Adair, 968; {+0}; 32
Adams, 342 {+1}; 4
Audubon, 513 {+0}; 9
Guthrie, 1,266 {+5}; 29
Harrison County, 1,896; {+0}; 73
Madison County, 1,686; {+4; 19
Mills County, 1,755; {+2}; 20
Montgomery, 1,092 {+8}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 11,865; {+20}; 162
Shelby County, 1,350 {+2}; 37
Union County, 1,314; {+0}; 32