The Iowa Department of Public Health, Thursday, reported 146 additional positive COVID-19 tests, for a total of 402,171, and four additional deaths over the previous 24 hours for a total of 6,061. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities stand at 2,367. Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate decreased a bit to 2.2%, while the 7-day positivity rate dipped to 1.7%. State health officials say hospitalizations for the most part continue to decline, with 92 people are hospitalized for COVID-19; 18 patients are in an ICU; 13 patients with COVID or its symptoms were admitted to a hospital, and 11 patients are on ventilators. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are: two patients hospitalized with COVID or symptoms of the virus. There was no one in an ICU, there were no new admissions, and no one on a ventilator, in Region 4.

There are remain three long-term care facilities reporting active COVID-19 outbreaks, with a total of 20 positive cases among residents and staff at those LTC’s, and one person who has recovered. Two of the facilities are in northern and northeast Iowa, the other is in southeast Iowa.

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, 1,474 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 355; 4
Audubon, 537; 10
Guthrie, 1,313; 32
Harrison County, 1,934; 73
Madison County, 1,783; 19
Mills County, 1,796; 23
Montgomery, 1,112; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,309;171
Shelby County, 1,370; 37
Union County, 1,376; 34