The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, Tuesday (10-a.m. today, 24-hour data) reported 558 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 378,660.  There were four additional deaths statewide, for a pandemic total of 5,729.  There was one additional death reported in Adair County where the total stands at 32.  Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,235 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There was no change in the number of Long-Term Care facility outbreaks. The two previously reported facilities have 13 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Health officials say 186 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (10 less more than reported previously); 45 people are in an ICU (1 more than last report); 29 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 38 on Monday), and 11 patients are on a ventilator, an increase of two from Monday.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 10 hospitalized with COVID; nine COVID patients are in an ICU; No one with symptoms of COVID were admitted, and there remains one COVID patient on a ventilator.

The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are up again, to 4.7% and 5.0% respectfully. On Monday, the percentages were 4.5 & 4.9% respectively.

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, 1,398 cases; {+0}; 53 deaths
• Adair, 957; {+1}; 32
• Adams, 329 {+1}; 4
• Audubon, 499 {+0}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,230 {+12}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,836; {+0}; 71
• Madison County, 1,637; {+2; 19
• Mills County, 1,711; {+4}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,056 {+0}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,296; {+29}; 152
• Shelby County, 1,295 {+9}; 34
• Union County,  1,300; {+2}; 32