The Iowa Department of Public Health, in Monday’s Coronavirus portal showed there were four additional deaths attributed COVID-19 over the previous 24-hours, and 31 additional, positive cases. The total number of positive cases in the state since the beginning of the pandemic, is 402,542, and there is a total of 6,072 deaths. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities are at 2,367.

There remain four LTC outbreaks in Iowa, with 25 positive cases among patients and staff, and one person recovered.

Iowa’s 14-day positivity rate is holding steady at 2.0%, while the 7-day positivity rate is up slightly, to 1.9%. State health officials say 84 people are hospitalized with COVID-19; 16 patients are in an ICU; 14 COVID patients were admitted to a hospital, and eight patients are on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (hospitals in western & southwest Iowa), there are two people hospitalized with COVID-19, with one person in an ICU. There was no one admitted over the previous 24-hours, at no one was 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, 1,476 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 353; 4
Audubon, 541; 10
Guthrie, 1,312; 32
Harrison County, 1,933; 73
Madison County, 1,788; 19
Mills County, 1,796; 24
Montgomery, 1,118; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,329;173
Shelby County, 1,372; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35