Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds provided an update late this (Thursday) morning, on the COVID-19 statistics for the 24-hour period covering Wednesday through this morning. She said there were 125 NEW positive cases, for a total of 1,270. There were no new counties added, so the total with positive COVID-19 cases remains 79 out of 99. There were 882 negative tests for a total of 13,703. The State Hygienic Lab has the capacity to conduct 2,530 tests.”

115 people are in the hospital, 476 have recovered (38%). There were also two more deaths in Linn County. Both were older/elderly adults. The death toll in Iowa now stands at 29. The Governor said also, officials spent time this week analyzing data from the RMCC’s (Regional Medical Coordination Centers) established by the Iowa National Guard, to support the IDPH and Healthcare Coalition. Today (Thursday) she highlighted the regions in western Iowa. RMCC Region 4 covers southwest Iowa.

She said there were four Covid-19 patients hospitalized. No new patients were admitted in the previous 24 hours. Three patients were in ICU’s, one person was on a ventilator. Reynolds said there are 262 in-patient beds available, 39 ICU beds and 58 ventilators still available for patient care.