(Des Moines) – The Iowa Department of Public Health, Tuesday (Today), reported there were 348 additional positive COVID-19 cases, for a pandemic total of 392,911, and for the second day in a row, no additional deaths. That leaves the statewide total at 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 are down slightly. The 14-day average is 4.1%, and the 7-day average is 3.9%. Virus hospitalizations amount to 184, up from 179 a day earlier. There are 35 patients in ICU (compared to 42 the previous day), and 23 patients on ventilators. There were 18 persons with COVID symptoms admitted to hospitals in Iowa over the previous 24-hours.

In RMCC Regional 4 (hospitals in western/southwest Iowa): 14 COVID patients are hospitalized; seven are in an ICU; two people were admitted with symptoms of the virus, and there remain five people on a ventilator.

Vaccinations administered as of Monday amount to over 2.23-million, with more than 991,430 of those vaccinated having 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, 1,446 cases; {+1}; 54 deaths
Adair, 973; {+2}; 32
Adams, 343 {+0}; 4
Audubon, 515 {+1}; 9
Guthrie, 1,273 {+1}; 29
Harrison County, 1,909; {+1}; 73
Madison County, 1,701; {+0; 19
Mills County, 1,768; {+4}; 21
Montgomery, 1,097{+0}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 11,987; {+14}; 164
Shelby County, 1,351 {+0}; 37
Union County, 1,317; {+0}; 32