The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, today (as of 10-a.m, Friday) shows 979 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 376,834, and 19 additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,708. In southwest Iowa, there were two additional deaths reported in Pottawattamie County, for a total of 152.  Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,230 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There are currently two COVID-19 outbreak at a Long-Term Care facilities. Those facilities include the Urbandale Health Care Center and Good Samaritan Society in Ottumwa. The state reports 12 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities.

Health officials say 207 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (unchanged from Thursday); 46 people are in an ICU (no change from Thu.); 38 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 46 previously), and 13 patients are on a ventilator, three less than previously reported.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 12 hospitalized with COVID; eight COVID patients are in an ICU; No one was admitted w/symptoms of COVID, and there remain five people with COVID on a ventilator.

The 14-day positivity rate increased from 4.2% Thursday to 4.3% Friday, and the seven day rate went from 4.7% to 4.8%. Iowa reports 1,354,035 vaccine doses administered in the state, with 524,948 individuals completing the vaccination series.

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, 1,395 cases; {+0}; 52 deaths
• Adair, 955; {+1}; 31
• Adams, 326 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 500 {+1}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,213 {+2}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,835; {+2}; 71
• Madison County, 1,631; {+2}; 19
• Mills County, 1,699; {+9}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,055 {+5}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,214; {+32}; 152
• Shelby County, 1,279 {+3}; 34
• Union County,  1,290; {+3}; 31