The Iowa Department of Public Health today (Tuesday), reports 208 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403, 380. There were no additional deaths to report. The number of deaths statewide during the pandemic, is 6,102. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, amount to 2,369.

There currently three Long-Term Care (LTC) outbreaks in Iowa, one less than the past several days, with 25 positive cases among patients and staff. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is creeping upward, to 2.0% as of Tuesday. The seven-day positivity rate increased from 2.2% Monday to 2.3%, Tuesday.

The number of Iowans hospitalized by COVID is also on the rise, at 86. Officials report 23 patients are in an ICU; 21 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and 10 patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are two people hospitalized with COVID-19, two people are in an ICU. No one was admitted over the previous 24-hours, and once again 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, 1,476 cases; 55 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 548; 10
Guthrie, 1,314; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,788 19
Mills County, 1,802; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,348;173
Shelby County, 1,376; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35