The Iowa Department of Public Health Monday, reported 55 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403,180, and three additional deaths – including one in Cass County, where the pandemic death toll stands at 55. The total number of Coronavirus-related deaths statewide, is 6,102. 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 positivity rate is unchanged at 1.9%, but the seven-day positivity has increased .3%, to 2.2%.

The number of Iowans hospitalized by COVID is holding steady at 81. Officials report 20 patients are in an ICU; 15 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 three people hospitalized with COVID-19, two people are in an ICU, and one person was admitted over the previous 24-hours. There were no COVID patients 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; 55 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 356; 4
Audubon, 548; 10
Guthrie, 1,312; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,787 19
Mills County, 1,804; 24
Montgomery, 1,117; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,343;173
Shelby County, 1,376; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35