(Des Moines) – The Iowa Department of Public Health, Wednesday (Today), reported there were 547 additional positive COVID-19 cases, for a pandemic total of 393,458, and three additional deaths, for a statewide total of 5,930 since the start of the pandemic. Deaths at long-term care facilities in Iowa account for 2,314 of the total number of deaths statewide.

Iowa’s positivity rates continue to slowly decline. The 14-day average is 4.0%, and the 7-day average is 3.8%. Virus hospitalization are steady, at 184. There are 37 patients in ICU, and 24 patients on ventilators. There were 38 persons with COVID symptoms admitted to hospitals in Iowa over the previous 24-hours, an increase of 20 from Tuesday.

In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western/southwest Iowa): 15 COVID patients are hospitalized; eight 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 Wednesday amount to over 2.25-million, with more than 999,451 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, 1,447 cases; {+1}; 54 deaths
Adair, 978; {+5}; 32
Adams, 345 {+2}; 4
Audubon, 516 {+1}; 9
Guthrie, 1,276 {+3}; 29
Harrison County, 1,912; {+3}; 73
Madison County, 1,704; {+3; 19
Mills County, 1,771; {+3}; 21
Montgomery, 1,099;{+2}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 12,015; {+28}; 164
Shelby County, 1,353 {+2}; 37
Union County, 1,321; {+4}; 32