The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus Dashboard, Monday, indicated there were 45 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 403, 839, and no 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 2,372.

There remain three Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks in Iowa, with a total of 30 positive cases among patients and staff, and four persons who have recovered. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate edged-up slightly, to 2%. The seven-day positivity rate is unchanged at 1.9%.

There are a total of 54 Iowans hospitalized with COVID (nine fewer than reported Sunday morning). Health officials report 14 patients are in an ICU; Six COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and nine 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. No one was admitted over the previous 24-hours, and there are no COVID patients on a ventilator in the area.

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, 1,478 cases; 55 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 355; 4
Audubon, 554; 11
Guthrie, 1,318; 32
Harrison County, 1,934; 73
Madison County, 1,788 19
Mills County, 1,806; 24
Montgomery, 1,117; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,360;174
Shelby County, 1,379; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35