The Iowa Department of Public health Thursday, reported 763 new COVID-19 positive tests, and two additional deaths, bringing the statewide death toll during the pandemic, to 5,962. The health department reports 396,673 total positive tests since the start of the pandemic. The state’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are both down to 3.9%.

Hospitalizations across the state continue to slowly decline, from 192 Wednesday to 188 on Thursday. Iowa reports also: there are 45 patients in ICU; 36 people with symptoms of COVID were admitted to a hospital, and, 18 patients are on ventilators. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western/southwest Iowa), there are 13 COVID patients hospitalized; three remain in an ICU; three people were admitted, and two people remain on a ventilator.

There remains also, one long-term care facility outbreak, with 19 positive cases and 17 recoveries among residents and staff at the faciluty. The state reports 2,321 care facility deaths since the pandemic began, that’s unchanged from Monday.

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, 1,458 cases; {+0}; 54 deaths
Adair, 982; {+2}; 32
Adams, 348 {+0}; 4
Audubon, 526 {+6}; 9
Guthrie, 1,290 {+2}; 29
Harrison County, 1,924; {+3}; 73
Madison County, 1,744; {+7; 19
Mills County, 1,782; {+1}; 21
Montgomery, 1,105;{+3}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 12,141; {+25}; 166
Shelby County, 1,365 {+2}; 37
Union County, 1,360; {+6}; 32