Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard today (10-a.m. Saturday) shows deaths from COVID-19 are up again. The IDPH says 62 more deaths have been reported since 10-a.m. Friday, for a total of 2,665. One more death was reported in each of Cass, Adair, Mills and Union Counties, two more in Pottawattamie County, and three more in Shelby County.  (See data below). One Sioux City, Iowa church has been hit particularly hard. The Sioux City Journal reports that 18 members of Morningside Lutheran Church have died from COVID-19.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities report 1,114 deaths, while deaths attributed in-part to preexisting conditions number 1,363. There are 2,371 new Positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, for a total of 242,0621. Long-Term Care facility outbreaks are up slightly, to 137. There are 5,275 positive cases and 2,316 recoveries reported within those facilities.

Health department data shows 75 of Iowa’s 99 counties report a 14-day positivity rate at 15% or greater. That’s down from 78 the previous day. Kossuth County reports a 14-day positivity rate of 30.3%.

Hospitalizations statewide fell from 1,000 Friday to 960 today. Health officials say 204 COVID patients are in an ICU, 131 were admitted, and 117 patients are on a ventilator. Hospitals in southwest/western Iowa (RMCC Region 4) report: 56 hospitalized; 19 are in an ICU; 4 were admitted, and 7 COVID patients are on a ventilator.

Iowans who have recovered from the virus number 157,028, while 1,243,596 have been tested, to-date. The State’s positivity rate is down to 16.5%. Cass County’s positivity rate has declined to 15.7%.

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, 867 cases {+10}; 567 recovered; 26 deaths
• Adair, 472 {+13}; 281; 10
• Adams, 191 {+8}; 105; 2
• Audubon, 312 {+2}; 228; 2
• Guthrie, 802 {+14); 508; 15
• Harrison County, 1,151 {+10}; 803; 32
• Madison County, 759 {+26}; 469; 5
• Mills County, 1,123 {+5}; 672; 10
• Montgomery, 538 {+163}; 278; 11
• Pottawattamie County, 6,967 {+82]; 4,195; 76
• Shelby County, 816 {+9}; 538; 14
• Union County,  870 {+19}; 372; 8