The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, early Sunday (at 10-a.m.),said there were three additional deaths reported since 10-a.m. Saturday, bringing the pandemic death toll to 5,881. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,302 of the total number of deaths across the state, an increase of three since Saturday.

There were 841 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 389,172. There are now two Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, down one from the past week, with 23 positive cases among residents and staff at those two facilities.

More than two-million (2,038,167) COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, and 870,794 individuals have completed the vaccine series.

Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations are down from 233 Saturday to 204 as of Sunday, and there are 48 COVID patients in an ICU. The IDPH says 30 people with COVID symptoms were admitted to a hospital across the state, compared to 57 the previous day. And, 20 patients remain on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 23 hospitalized with COVID; 11 COVID patients are in an ICU; one person was admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there remain three COVID patients on a ventilator.

The 14-day positivity rate in Iowa is 4.5%, and the seven-day positivity rate stands at 4.3%.

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, 1,426 cases; {+4}; 54 deaths
Adair, 964; {+1}; 32
Adams, 337 {+0}; 4
Audubon, 511 {+0}; 9
Guthrie, 1,260 {+2}; 29
Harrison County, 1,891; {+5}; 73
Madison County, 1,679; {+3; 19
Mills County, 1,753; {+6}; 20
Montgomery, 1,082 {+2}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 11,815; {+44}; 162
Shelby County, 1,345 {+12}; 37
Union County, 1,323; {+3}; 32