The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, Sunday (today) reported 499 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 377,896, and two additional deaths, for a pandemic total of 5,718.  Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,231 of the total number of deaths across the state. A day earlier, the health department reported 377,397 total positive tests and 5,716 total deaths.

There remain two COVID-19 outbreak at a Long-Term Care facilities across the State, with 12 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Health officials say 192 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (down from 201 previously); 42 people are in an ICU; 35 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 12 patients are on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 12 hospitalized with COVID; 10 COVID patients are in an ICU; Two people were admitted w/symptoms of COVID, and there remain three people with COVID on a ventilator.

The 14-day positivity rate is up slightly, to 4.4%, and the seven day rate went from 4.6% to 4.7%. State data shows 1,439,027 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, with 566,498 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, 1,399 cases; {+2}; 52 deaths
• Adair, 956; {+1}; 31
• Adams, 327 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 499 {+0}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,215 {+0}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,838; {+4}; 71
• Madison County, 1,634; {+2; 19
• Mills County, 1,704; {+3}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,056 {+4}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,264; {+29}; 152
• Shelby County, 1,286 {+1}; 34
• Union County,  1,297; {+2}; 31