Iowa COVID-19 update for 4/5/2021: 119 new cases; Positivity rates on the rise again
April 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, as of 10-a.m., Monday, showed there no additional deaths to report from the previous 24-hours, leaving a pandemic total of 5,822. Updated data show there was one death reported in Shelby County, for a total of 35. There were, however, 119 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 381,926. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,277 of the total number of deaths across the state.
There remain two Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 17 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations stand at 201. There are 47 COVID patients in an ICU. Health officials say 34 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 23 patients are on a ventilator.
RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 19 hospitalized with COVID; 13 COVID patients are in an ICU; six people were admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there are four COVID patients on a ventilator. The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates were up again, as of Monday. The 14-day rate increased from 4.8% to 4.9%, and the seven-date rate went from 4.8% to 5.1%.
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, 1,409 cases; {+3}; 54 deaths
- Adair, 957; {+0}; 32
- Adams, 332 {+3}; 4
- Audubon, 506 {+0}; 9
- Guthrie, 1,239 {+0}; 28
- Harrison County, 1,851; {+0}; 73
- Madison County, 1,648; {+1; 19
- Mills County, 1,717; {+1}; 20
- Montgomery, 1,062 {+1}; 37
- Pottawattamie County, 11,478; {+1}; 156
- Shelby County, 1,297 {+3}; 34
- Union County, 1,308; {+1}; 32