The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (Thursday), shows 448 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 369,084. There were 19 additional deaths statewide, including one additional death in Pottawattamie County, for a pandemic total of 5,620. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,209 of the total number of deaths across the state.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are down again, hospitalization stats are both up, and down, and the statewide positivity rate continues to fall. LTC outbreaks are down from six Wednesday, to five today. There were 166 Iowans hospitalized with COVID-19 or related symptoms, seven less than before, three more patients in an ICU (at 42), and 29 patients admitted to a hospital in Iowa. The IDPH says 12 patients are on a ventilator, two more than previously reported.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show 14 hospitalized COVID patients, seven in an ICU, two persons were admitted since Wednesday’s report, and two are on a ventilator. State data show 963,787 vaccine doses have been administered, with 305,794 having received both doses. The 14-day positivity rate is down to 3.9%, and the seven-day rate is at 4.0%.

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, 1,373 cases; {+1}; 52 deaths
• Adair, 934; {+1}; 31
• Adams, 327 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 495 {+1}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,182 {+2}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,803; {+1}; 70
• Madison County, 1,600; {+4}; 18
• Mills County, 1,645; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,045; {+0}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 10,921; {+10}; 149
• Shelby County, 1,240 {+0}; 34
• Union County,  1,274; {+0}; 31