The Iowa Department of Public Health, Friday morning, reported 97 additional positive COVID-19 tests came back from the labs, for a total of 402,268, and four additional deaths over the previous 24 hours, including one each in Mills and Pottawattamie Counties, where the totals are now 24 and 172 respectively. The statewide death toll for the pandemic is 6,065. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities stand at 2,368.

Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is down to 2.1%, while the 7-day positivity rate is up slightly, to 1.8%. State health officials say 91 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; 17 patients are in an ICU; Seven additional COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, for a total of 20 admissions, and seven patients are on ventilators, which is four less than reported Thursday. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), the data is unchanged: two patients hospitalized with COVID or symptoms of the virus. There are no COVID patients in an ICU, there were also no new admissions, and no one is 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, 1,476 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 353; 4
Audubon, 541; 10
Guthrie, 1,312; 32
Harrison County, 1,932; 73
Madison County, 1,786; 19
Mills County, 1,795; 24
Montgomery, 1,115; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,323;172
Shelby County, 1,371; 37
Union County, 1,377; 34