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Iowa COVID-19 update for 6/20/21: 62 additional cases; 5 additional deaths

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June 20th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus Dashboard, Sunday, indicated there were 62 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403, 794, and five additional deaths, leaving the statewide total at 6,114. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, stand at 2,373.

There were no changes in the Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreak data 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 were unchanged at 1.9%, each.

There are a total of 65 Iowans hospitalized with COVID. Health officials report 15 patients are in an ICU; 14 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 three people hospitalized with COVID-19, one person was in an ICU. Two people were admitted over the previous 24-hours, and once again there are 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; 11
Guthrie, 1,316; 32
Harrison County, 1,936; 73
Madison County, 1,788 19
Mills County, 1,807; 24
Montgomery, 1,117; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,365;174
Shelby County, 1,378; 37
Union County, 1,382; 35