Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (as of 10-a.m., Friday) shows deaths from COVID-19 are up again, but hospitalizations, and Long-Term Care facility outbreaks are down significantly. The IDPH says 84 more deaths have been reported since 10-a.m. Thursday, for a total of 2,603. One death was reported in each of Cass, Madison, Mills and Union Counties, and there have been three more deaths in Pottawattamie County (See data below). Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities report 1,096 deaths, and deaths attributed in-part to preexisting conditions number 1,360. There are 2,901 new Positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, for a total of 239,693. Officials say 30,473 of the Positive cases also had a preexisting condition.

Hospitalizations statewide fell from 1,124 Thursday, to 1,000 today. Health officials say 209 COVID patients are in an ICU, 124 were admitted, and 128 patients are on a ventilator. Hospitals in southwest/western Iowa (RMCC Region 4) report: 55 hospitalized; 18 are in an ICU; six were admitted, and seven COVID patients are on a ventilator.

Long-Term Care facility outbreaks are down, from 169 Thursday to 135 today. The IDPH says 5,158 patients/staff have tested positive; 2,257 have tested negative. Cass County has one less LTC facility outbreak, after the Griswold Care Center dropped-off the list. Currently, there are a total of 159 LTC residents and staff who have tested positive in two Cass County LTC’s and 92 recovered. Shelby County has 11 additional cases, for a total of 128, and 46 recovered. Harrison County dropped-off the outbreak list entirely. Pottawattamie County has nine more positive cases for a total of 249 among the care facilities, and 107 recovered.

Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 152,332, while 1,237,170 have been tested, to-date. The State’s positivity rate is down to 16.6%. Cass County’s positivity rate has declined to 15.9%. A total of 995, 238 negative results have been returned since the pandemic began.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, along with the 24-hour change in case numbers {+#}; the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began,

• Cass, 857 cases {+17}; 554 recovered; 25 deaths
• Adair, 459 {+6}; 267; 9
• Adams, 183 {+6}; 97; 2
• Audubon, 311 {+5}; 222; 2
• Guthrie, 788 {+17); 496; 15
• Harrison County, 1,141 {+29}; 783; 32
• Madison County, 733 {+16}; 452; 5
• Mills County, 1,118 {+28}; 584; 9
• Montgomery, 522 {+23}; 269; 11
• Pottawattamie County, 6,885 {+176]; 4,083; 74
• Shelby County, 807 {+9}; 496; 11
• Union County,  851 {+15}; 333; 7