(Des Moines) – The Iowa Department of Public Health as of 10-a.m. Monday, reported there were 192 new positive COVID-19 cases for a total of 392,563, and zero additional deaths, for a total of 5,927 since the start of the pandemic. Deaths at long-term care facilities in Iowa account for 2,313 of the total number of deaths statewide.

Iowa’s positivity rates is relatively steady. The 7-day average is 4.1%, and the 14-day average is 4.2%. Virus hospitalizations amount to 179, down from 187 a day earlier. There are 42 patients in ICU and 23 patients on ventilators. Admissions over the previous 24-hours were 17, compared to 27 a day earlier.

In RMCC Regional 4 (hospitals in western/southwest Iowa): 13 COVID patients are hospitalized; eight are in an ICU; no one was admitted with symptoms of the virus, and there remain five people on a ventilator.

Vaccinations administered as of Monday amount to over 2.22-million, with 983,543 of those vaccinated have their series completed.

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, 1,445 cases; {+1}; 54 deaths
Adair, 971; {+0}; 32
Adams, 343 {+1}; 4
Audubon, 514 {+0}; 9
Guthrie, 1,272 {+2}; 29
Harrison County, 1,908; {+2}; 73
Madison County, 1,701; {+0; 19
Mills County, 1,764; {+0}; 21
Montgomery, 1,097{+1}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 11,973; {+9}; 164
Shelby County, 1,351 {+0}; 37
Union County, 1,317; {+0}; 32