The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard this (Friday) morning, indicated there were 616 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs since Thursday’s report, for a total of 380,738.  There were eight additional deaths reported, for a pandemic total of 5,751. The data show one additional death in Montgomery County, for a total of 37. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,245 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There remain two Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 17 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations are on the rise, from 194 Thursday to 204 Friday. There are 43 COVID patients in an ICU (2 more than the last report). Health officials say 40 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 35 previously), and 19 patients are on a ventilator, an increase of four from Thursday.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 12 hospitalized with COVID; eight COVID patients are in an ICU; One person was admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there are four COVID patients on a ventilator, an increase of two from before. The 14-day positivity rate is up from 4.8% Thursday to 4.7% today. The seven-day rate fell went from 4.7 Thursday to 4.6% Friday.

State data shows 616,065 individuals have completed the vaccination series, while 1,551,293 total doses have been administered in Iowa. There have been 4,475,922 COVID-19 tests administered in the state.

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; {+2}; 54 deaths
• Adair, 957; {+0}; 32
• Adams, 330 {+1}; 4
• Audubon, 507 {+1}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,238 {+0}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,839; {+1}; 71
• Madison County, 1,640; {+0; 19
• Mills County, 1,715; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,059 {+0}; 37
• Pottawattamie County, 11,399; {+42}; 154
• Shelby County, 1,296 {+0}; 34
• Union County,  1,305; {+1}; 32