The Iowa Department of Public Health (Tuesday, June 8th) reports the number of additional, positive COVID-19 cases was up modestly over the past 24-hours. The Coronavirus dashboard shows there are 64 additional cases, for a total of 402,606, and one additional death, for a pandemic total of 6,073. Deaths at Iowa’s Long-Term Care facilities are at 2,368.

There remain four LTC outbreaks in Iowa, with 26 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 once again up slightly from 1.9% Monday to 2.0%, Tuesday. There was no change in the hospitalization data: 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 remain two people hospitalized with COVID-19, and 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, 1,477 cases; 54 deaths
Adair, 993; 32
Adams, 356; 4
Audubon, 541; 10
Guthrie, 1,312; 32
Harrison County, 1,935; 73
Madison County, 1,787; 19
Mills County, 1,799; 24
Montgomery, 1,116; 38
Pottawattamie County, 12,327;173
Shelby County, 1,372; 37
Union County, 1,381; 35