The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, Wednesday reported 555 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs, for a total of 379,215.  There were no additional deaths reported, leaving a pandemic total of 5,729. 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 16 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Health officials say 191 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (5 more than reported previously); 38 people are in an ICU (7 less than last report); 39 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 29 on Tuesday), 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 11 hospitalized with COVID; eight COVID patients are in an ICU; One person was admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there remains one COVID patient on a ventilator.

The 14-day positivity rate is down, from 4.7% Tue., to 4.6% today. The seven-day rate fell from 5% to 4.4%.

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, 1,404 cases; {+6}; 53 deaths
• Adair, 957; {+0}; 32
• Adams, 328 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 504 {+6}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,229 {+0}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,835; {+1}; 71
• Madison County, 1,637; {+0; 19
• Mills County, 1,710; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,057 {+1}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,311; {+15}; 152
• Shelby County, 1,294 {+0}; 34
• Union County,  1,300; {+0}; 32