(Corrected death data) – The Iowa Department of Public Health reports as of 10-a.m. Sunday (8/30), there were two additional deaths and 990 more positive cases statewide. Persons with preexisting medical conditions made up for 774 of the deaths, while 597 of the total number of deaths took place at a long-term care facility, since the beginning of the outbreak.

The COVID-19 dashboard showed a total of 64,102 positive cases have been reported to date. There have been a total of 46,525 persons who have recovered from the virus, 46,525 have recovered, and 1,110 deaths since the pandemic began.

A total of 630,442 individuals have been tested for COVID-19. The total number of test results coming back negative, to-date, amounts to 564,838, for a combined positivity rate (including Antigen tests), of 10.2%.

There are 315 Iowans hospitalized with coronavirus. IDPH reported 91 patients in intensive care, which is the same as the previous day. There are 43 patients on ventilators in the state, up from 41 the previous day. There were 48 patients admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours. People on ventilators number 43.

In western/southwest Iowa: 10 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19; 5 remain in an ICU and 2 were admitted to area hospitals. Three patients are on ventilators.

There remains 37 coronavirus outbreaks reported at Iowa’s long-term care facilities. IDPH reported 1,172 positive cases and 697 recoveries within those facilities.

Here are the latest positive case numbers for southwest/western Iowa as of 10-a.m. Sunday (County; Positive Case #’s; number of persons who have (recovered); {deaths since the outbreak began}.

• Cass County: 112 cases; (98); 2 deaths
• Adair County: 49 cases; (21); 1 death
• Adams County: 22 cases [up 2 from Saturday]; (17)
• Audubon County: 41 cases [up 4 from Saturday]; (27); 1 death
• Guthrie County: 171 cases [up 3 from Saturday]; (126); 5 deaths
• Montgomery County: 76 cases [up 3 from Saturday]; (60); 4 deaths
• Pottawattamie County: 1,618 cases [an increase of 21 from Sat.]; (1,329); 34 deaths
• Shelby County: 215 cases [1 more than Sat.]; (205); 1 death.

Elsewhere in the area:

• Crawford County has 830 positive cases of COVID-19; (715); 3 deaths
• Carroll County, 371; (197); 2 deaths
• Madison County, 164; (104); 2 deaths
• Harrison County, 147 cases; (117); 1 death
• Page County 111; (106);
• Taylor Counties 111 cases; (102); 1 death
• Union County has 93 cases; (68); 3 deaths
• Ringgold County has 32.; (26); 1 death