Health officials in Iowa today (Monday), are reporting five more deaths from the coronavirus, and 391 new positive cases. The Iowa Department of Public Health said that brings the total of deaths to 607, and the total number of positive cases to 21,918. The number of COVID-19 tests coming back as Negative amount to 170,635, while the number of Iowans who have recovered from the virus amounts to 12,875. A total of 192, 945 tests have been administered across the State.

The IDPH shows also, 265 persons are hospitalized with COVID-19, four less than Sunday. Conversely, five more people were admitted to a hospital, Sunday, for a total of 27. One less person is in an ICU, for a total of 85, and 53 are on ventilators. In the southwest/western Iowa RMCC Region 4: seven people are hospitalized with COVID-19, one less than Sunday; One more person was in an ICU, for a total of four; one person was admitted to the hospital, and one was on a ventilator.

Statewide, the number of LTC’s (Long-Term Care facilities) with reported outbreaks was stable, at 40. Among patients and staff at those facilities, 1,556 have tested positive for the virus, 796 have recovered, and 304 have died. The individual area county cases of COVID-19 and (the number of those who have recovered), has not changed much over the past couple of days.  {* indicates a change from the last report]

• Cass County: 13 positive cases (11 have recovered)
• Adair County: 9 (8)*
• Adams County: 7 (4)
• Audubon County: 13 (9)
• Guthrie County: 55 (34)
• Montgomery County: 9 (6)
• Pottawattamie County: 358 (211)*
• Shelby County: 38 (34).