The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (Friday), shows 559 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 369,643. There was also 11 additional deaths statewide, for a pandemic total of 5,631. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,213 of the total number of deaths across the state.

Long-Term Care (LTC) facility outbreaks are down to just three. Hospitalization numbers show: 168 Iowans hospitalized with COVID (2 more than Thursday); 36 in an ICU (6 fewer than before); 41 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 13 patients are on a ventilator. The state reports 56 positive cases and 38 recoveries among residents and staff within those facilities. Iowa reports 0 positive cases in the last 14 days. Facilities must be free of cases for 28 days before being considered virus-free.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show 12 hospitalized COVID patients, six are in an ICU, three persons were admitted since Thursday’s report, and three are on a ventilator.

Nearly one million COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered in Iowa and more than 347,000 individuals are fully vaccinated against the virus. Iowa reports 998,054 vaccine doses have been administered in the state, with 347,382 individuals completing the vaccine series.

The 14-day positivity rate remains 3.9%, while the seven-day rate is down to 3.8%.

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, 1,375 cases; {+2}; 52 deaths
• Adair, 938; {+4}; 31
• Adams, 327 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 495 {+1}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,184 {+2}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,805; {+5}; 70
• Madison County, 1,602; {+2}; 18
• Mills County, 1,656; {+9}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,042; {+0}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 10,936; {+10}; 149
• Shelby County, 1,246 {+6}; 34
• Union County,  1,275; {+1}; 31