The Iowa Department of Public Health in their latest COVID-19 update, Saturday (today) reports 157 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 from over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403,079. The Coronavirus dashboard also shows two additional deaths, for a total of 6,097. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, amount to 2,370.

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 are both up slightly, to 1.9%.

The number of Iowans hospitalized by COVID are up from 73 on Friday, to 81 Saturday. Officials report 19 patients are in an ICU; 19 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and sven patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are three people hospitalized with COVID-19, one person was in an ICU, one personwas 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, 355; 4
Audubon, 546; 10
Guthrie, 1,312; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,786 19
Mills County, 1,801; 24
Montgomery, 1,118; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,343;173
Shelby County, 1,374; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35