Iowa COVID-19 update for 3/19/21: Hospitalizations up; 6 additional deaths; 667 additional cases
March 19th, 2021 by Ric Hanson
The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Friday), shows 667 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 372,886, and six additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,672. There was one additional death reported in Madison County, for a total of 19. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,225 of the total number of deaths across the state.
Iowa continues to report no Long-Term Care (LTC) facility COVID-19 outbreaks. Hospitalization data show: 189 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (19 more than on Thursday); 44 are in an ICU (up 3); 45 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 27 Thursday), and 21 patients are on a ventilator.
RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: those hospitalized with COVID are at 19; 11 people are in an ICU; there were four people admitted, and four people remain are on a ventilator.The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates remain at 3.9% each.
The State reports nearly 1.19-million vaccines have been administered, with nearly 1.14-million of the shots given to Iowans. Those persons who have received a required two doses of the vaccine, amount to 415,743.
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, 1,386 cases; {+0}; 52 deaths
- Adair, 950; {+3}; 31
- Adams, 327 {+0}; 4
- Audubon, 495 {+0}; 9
- Guthrie, 1,192 {+3}; 28
- Harrison County, 1,820; {+5}; 70
- Madison County, 1,617; {+4}; 19
- Mills County, 1,672; {+6}; 20
- Montgomery, 1,045 {+0}; 36
- Pottawattamie County, 11,045; {+22}; 149
- Shelby County, 1,255 {+1}; 34
- Union County, 1,285; {+5}; 31