The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, Friday, indicated that after four days of no additional deaths to report due to COVID-19, there were 13 deaths reported from the previous 24-hours, bringing the pandemic death toll to 5,870. There was one additional death reported in Guthrie County (for a total of 29), and two more deaths in Pottawattamie County (for a total of 162). Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,298 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There were 519 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 388,324. There remain three Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 30 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities.

Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations are on the rise, from 215 Thursday to 226 today (Friday), and there are 50 COVID patients in an ICU. The IDPH says 43 people with COVID symptoms were admitted to a hospital across the state, compared to 37 the previous day. And, 19 patients remain on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 23 hospitalized with COVID; 11 COVID patients are in an ICU; five people were admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there remain two COVID patients on a ventilator.

The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates continue to decline, with the 14-day rate at 4.6% and the seven-day rate at 4.3%.

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, 1,422 cases; {+1}; 54 deaths
Adair, 963; {+1}; 32
Adams, 340 {+2}; 4
Audubon, 510 {+0}; 9
Guthrie, 1,258 {+1}; 29
Harrison County, 1,885; {+4}; 73
Madison County, 1,676; {+7; 19
Mills County, 1,747; {+2}; 20
Montgomery, 1,079 {+0}; 37
Pottawattamie County, 11,772; {+16}; 162
Shelby County, 1,333 {+5}; 37
Union County, 1,320; {+0}; 32