The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, (Thursday) showed there were 907 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs since Wednesday, for a total of 380,122.  There were 14 additional deaths reported, for a pandemic total of 5,743. Cass County reports one additional death, for a total of 54, while Pottawattamie County had two more deaths for a total of 154. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,241 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 17 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Health officials say 194 Iowans are hospitalized with COVID (3 more than reported previously); 41 people are in an ICU (3 more than the last report); 35 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 39 previously), and 15 patients are on a ventilator, an increase of four from Wednesday.

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 are three COVID patients on a ventilator, an increase of two from before. The 14-day positivity rate is up from 4.6% Wed. to 4.8% today. The seven-day rate fell went from 4.4% Wed. to 4.7% Thursday.

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, 1,402 cases; {+0}; 54 deaths
• Adair, 957; {+0}; 32
• Adams, 329 {+1}; 4
• Audubon, 506 {+2}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,239 {+10}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,838; {+3}; 71
• Madison County, 1,642; {+5; 19
• Mills County, 1,715; {+5}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,059 {+2}; 36
• Pottawattamie County, 11,357; {+46}; 154
• Shelby County, 1,296 {+2}; 34
• Union County,  1,304; {+4}; 32