The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus Dashboard, Thursday morning, indicated there were 62 additional, positive cases of COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 404, 132. There were three additional deaths reported, for a statewide pandemic total at 6,120. 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 essentially unchanged since Wednesday. Officials say there are a total of 26 positive cases among patients and staff at two facilities, and 11 persons who have recovered. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is steady at 2.1%. The seven-day positivity rate is also 2.1%.

There are a total of 57 Iowans hospitalized with COVID (Statewide). Health officials report 20 patients are in an ICU; seven COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and 12 patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there is just one person hospitalized with COVID-19, and one person in an ICU.

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, 996; 32
Adams, 356; 4
Audubon, 553; 11
Guthrie, 1,318; 32
Harrison County, 1,936; 73
Madison County, 1,790 19
Mills County, 1,808; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,369;174
Shelby County, 1,379; 37
Union County, 1,382; 35