After a record 250 deaths linked to the coronavirus that was reported Sunday, the IDPH today (Monday), said five people had died over the past 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 4,907. There are also 292 new cases, for a pandemic total of 319,495. The health department said earlier that of the Covid deaths reported Sunday, some actually occurred on October 15th and many happened in November and December and early January, but had just been included in the latest batch of data the Centers for Disease Control sent the state. State officials say in some instances, it takes time for the National Center for Health Statistics to confirm a death is caused by or related to Covid.

The IDPH said Monday, 4,447 of the deaths were attributed to Underlying Cause, and COVID was a contributing factor to 459 deaths. Long-Term Care (LTC) deaths make up for 2,009 of the total deaths. The Iowa DPH reports there are 55 COVID-19 outbreaks among Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities in the state. Those facilities  account for 1,641 of Iowa’s current positive cases. Health officials say 910 LTC patients have recovered.

Iowa DPH today 368 persons are hospitalized with COVID or its symptoms. Officials say 92 patients are in intensive care units, 41 COVID patients were admitted to hospitals over the 24-hours, and there are 20 people are on a ventilator.  In RMCC Region 4 (Western/southwest Iowa hospitals): 25 are hospitalized w/Covid; 9 are in an ICU; two people were admitted since Saturday, and two people are on a ventilator.

The health department reports a total of 254,043 vaccine doses have been administered. Of those doses, 133,895 individuals have received an initial inoculation, while 60,074 have received a second dose. Iowa’s average reported 14-day positivity rate is 9.9%. The past 7-day average is 7.5%.  Of the state’s confirmed cases, 283,040 Iowans recovered.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases by County; The # of new cases since yesterday {+} – if any; and the total number of deaths in each county to date:

• Cass, 1,180 cases; {+9}; 45 deaths
• Adair, 706; {+1}; 24
• Adams, 308; {+0}; 3
• Audubon, 434 {+0}; 8
• Guthrie, 1,057 {+3}; 27
• Harrison County, 1,613; {+0}; 65
• Madison County, 1,296; {+2}; 12
• Mills County, 1,401; {+0}; 17
• Montgomery, 921; {+0}; 30
• Pottawattamie County, 9,333; {+5}; 126
• Shelby County, 1,099; {+0}; 29
• Union County,  1,145; {+1}; 27