The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus Dashboard, Wednesday), indicated reports there were 101 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403, 481, and one additional death: a person in Pottawattamie County died. The total number of COVID-related deaths in Pott. County is now 174. Statewide, deaths amount to 6,103. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, amount to 2,371.

There remain three Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa, with a total of 26 positive cases among patients and staff. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is steady at 2.0%. The seven-day positivity rate is steady at 2.3%.

There are a total of 83 Iowans hospitalized with COVID. Health officials report 22 patients are in an ICU; 13 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and 11 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, 1,477 cases; 55 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 553; 10
Guthrie, 1,314; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,788 19
Mills County, 1,803; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,351;174
Shelby County, 1,376; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35