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Iowa COVID-19 update for 3/22/21: One additional death; 169 additional cases; Positivity rates creeping up

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March 22nd, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (10-a.m., Monday), shows 169 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 373,859, and one additional death, for a pandemic total of 5,675. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,225 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There are no Long-Term Care (LTC) facility COVID-19 outbreaks to report. Hospitalization data show: 171 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (Three less than on Sunday); 37 people are in an ICU (compared to 41 Sunday); 23 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 40 Sunday), and 18 patients are on a ventilator, two more than previously reported.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: those hospitalized with COVID are at 14; 10 people are in an ICU; one person was admitted, and there are six people on a ventilator, compared to four on Sunday.

The 14-day positivity rate is up to 4%, from 3.9% Sunday, and the seven day rate increased from 4% to 4.2%.

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, 1,391 cases; {+0}; 52 deaths
  • Adair, 952; {+2}; 31
  • Adams, 327 {+1}; 4
  • Audubon, 496 {+1}; 9
  • Guthrie, 1,193 {+1}; 28
  • Harrison County, 1,825; {+3}; 70
  • Madison County, 1,619; {+0}; 19
  • Mills County, 1,686; {+0}; 20
  • Montgomery, 1,048 {+0}; 36
  • Pottawattamie County, 11,100; {+2}; 149
  • Shelby County, 1,259 {+0}; 34
  • Union County,  1,287; {+3}; 31