(Update 6-a.m.) The Iowa Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 dashboard today (Friday), shows three more deaths from the virus since Thursday, for a total of 641, and 318 additional, positive cases, for a total of 23,103. The DPH says an additional 218 people have recovered, for a total of 14,045, and 187,999 people have tested Negative, an increase of 4,127 from Thursday’s report. A total of 211,506 have been completed by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.

RMCC data show 225 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID-19, that’s 17 less than Thursday. Of those, six more people are in an ICU (81 total), and 47 are on ventilators (1 less than Thursday). In addition, 17 people were admitted to a hospital for treatment of COVID-19, three fewer than Thursday. In RMCC Region 4 (southwest/western IA), there was very little change from Thursday, with no admissions reported (8 are hospitalized, 4 are in an ICU and 2 are on ventilators).

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are down to 35, one less than Thursday. The number of LTC staff/patient testing positive for COVID-19 is down 44 to 1,332, Recoveries amount to 782 (26 fewer than last report). Unfortunately, the number of LTC facility-related deaths is up 27, to 339.

Here’s the latest county-by-county breakdown, with the number of positive cases, and (The number recovered):

• Cass: 13 (12)
• Adair: 11 (9) [1 more case positive than Thursday]
• Adams: 7 (4)
• Audubon: 13 (10) [1 less positive case since Thu.]
• Guthrie: 56 (39) [1 more case positive & 1 more recovered since Thu.)
• Montgomery: 9 (6)
• Pottawattamie: 466 (244) [an increase of 25 case positives in the past 24-hours, and 16 more recovered]
• Shelby: 45 (35) [2 new positive cases since Thursday]

Note: Unless there is a significant increase in the positive test results and/or deaths from COVID-19, KJAN will provide daily updates for the 24-hour period at around 6-a.m. each day