The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus Dashboard, Wednesday morning, indicated there were 124 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 404, 070. There were no additional deaths reported, which leaves the statewide total at 6,117. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities since the start of the pandemic, amount to 2,372.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreak data is unchanged from Tuesday. Officials say there are a total of 26 positive cases among patients and staff at two facilities, and five persons who have recovered. For several days prior to Tuesday’s data, there were three LTC outbreaks. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate edged-up slightly, to 2.1%. The seven-day positivity rate is up a bit, to 2.1%.

There are a total of 69 Iowans hospitalized with COVID. Health officials report 21 patients are in an ICU; 19 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and 12 patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are two 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, 995; 32
Adams, 356; 4
Audubon, 553; 11
Guthrie, 1,317; 32
Harrison County, 1,937; 73
Madison County, 1,789 19
Mills County, 1,807; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,367;174
Shelby County, 1,380; 37
Union County, 1,383; 35