The Iowa Department of Public Health in their latest COVID-19 update, Sunday (today) reports 46 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 from over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403,125. The Coronavirus dashboard also shows two additional deaths, for a total of 6,099. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, amount to 2,369.

There remain four LTC outbreaks in Iowa, with 31 positive cases among patients and staff, and four persons who have recovered. Iowa’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates remain 1.9%.

The number of Iowans hospitalized by COVID are up slight from on 81 Saturday to 82 on Sunday. Officials report 18 patients are in an ICU; 13 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and eight patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are two people hospitalized with COVID-19, one person was in an ICU, no one was admitted over the previous 24-hours, and no one was on a ventilator.

In the immediate KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County (since the beginning of the pandemic) and the total number of deaths (Since the beginning of the pandemic) in each county to date:
Cass, 1,476 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 547; 10
Guthrie, 1,315; 32
Harrison County, 1,934; 73
Madison County, 1,789 19
Mills County, 1,801; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,3423;173
Shelby County, 1,377; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35