The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, as of 10-a.m., Saturday, showed there were 597 additional positive test results for COVID returned from the labs since Friday’s report, for a total of 381,335.  There were three additional deaths reported, for a pandemic total of 5,754. 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 stand at 200, four less than Friday. There are 44 COVID patients in an ICU. Health officials say 34 people were admitted to a hospital across the state (compared to 40 previously), and 20 patients are on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 14 hospitalized with COVID; 10 COVID patients are in an ICU; four people were admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there are four COVID patients on a ventilator. The 14-day positivity rate is 4.7%. The seven-day rate fell went is 4.7%.

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, 1,408 cases; {+4}; 54 deaths
• Adair, 957; {+0}; 32
• Adams, 330 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 507 {+0}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,239 {+1}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,849; {+10}; 71
• Madison County, 1,642; {+2; 19
• Mills County, 1,716; {+1}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,061 {+2}; 37
• Pottawattamie County, 11,443; {+44}; 154
• Shelby County, 1,296 {+0}; 34
• Union County,  1,308; {+3}; 32