The Iowa Department of Public Health reports one additional Long-Term Care Facility outbreak of COVID-19, two additional deaths and 134 additional positive cases. The data released Saturday morning show the new virus outbreak is at the Friendship Home in Audubon, where there are five cases. The total number of LTC facilities with an outbreak of COVID-19 among patients and staff is now four, with 25 positive cases altogether, and one person having recovered.

The total number of positive cases in the case since the beginning of the pandemic, is 402,402, and there a total of 6,067 deaths. The latest death in our area was reported in Pottawattamie County, where the pandemic total is now 173.  Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities remains unchanged, 2,368.

Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is down to 2.0%, while the 7-day positivity rate remains 1.8%. State health officials say 88 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; 17 patients are in an ICU; 17 additional COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and seven patients remain on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there was only one person hospitalized with COVID-19.  There were no new admissions, no one in an ICU and no one on a ventilator.

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, 1,477 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 354; 4
Audubon, 541; 10
Guthrie, 1,312; 32
Harrison County, 1,9352; 73
Madison County, 1,786; 19
Mills County, 1,796; 24
Montgomery, 1,115; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,323;173
Shelby County, 1,371; 37
Union County, 1,378; 34