The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus Dashboard, Saturday, indicated there were 91 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403, 732, and no additional deaths, leaving the statewide total at 6,109. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, stand at 2,372.

There remain three Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa, with a total of 29 positive cases among patients and staff, and four persons who have recovered. Iowa’s 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are each at 1.9%.

There are a total of 68 Iowans hospitalized with COVID. Health officials report 17 patients are in an ICU; 13 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and 10 patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there is one person hospitalized with COVID-19, one person was 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, 553; 11
Guthrie, 1,317; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,788 19
Mills County, 1,806; 24
Montgomery, 1,117; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,361;174
Shelby County, 1,378; 37
Union County, 1,382; 35