The Iowa Department of Public Health in their latest COVID-19 update, reports 75 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 from over the previous 24-hours. The Coronavirus dashboard shows there are a pandemic total of 402,822 positive cases, and six additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 6,084. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities are 2,369.

There remain four LTC outbreaks in Iowa, with 30 positive cases among patients and staff, and one person recovered. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is steady at 1.9%, while the 7-day positivity rate is down slightly, at 1.9%.

Iowa’s hospitalization data show: 74 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; 19 patients are in an ICU; 13 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and seven patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are two people hospitalized with COVID-19. No one 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, 1,477 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 546; 10
Guthrie, 1,313; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,788; 19
Mills County, 1,797; 24
Montgomery, 1,115; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,337;173
Shelby County, 1,375; 37
Union County, 1,380; 35