The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, as of 10-a.m., Sunday, showed there were 68 additional deaths over the previous 24-hours, for a pandemic total of 5,822, and 472 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 381,807.  IDHP says there were two additional deaths reported in Harrison County, for a pandemic total of 73, and two more in Pottawattamie County, for a total of 156. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,276 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 201. There are 47 COVID patients in an ICU. Health officials say 34 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, and 23 patients are on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 19 hospitalized with COVID; 13 COVID patients are in an ICU; six people were admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there are four COVID patients on a ventilator. The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates, Sunday were each at 4.8%.

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; {+0}; 54 deaths
• Adair, 957; {+0}; 32
• Adams, 329 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 506 {+0}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,239 {+0}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,851; {+2}; 73
• Madison County, 1,647; {+5; 19
• Mills County, 1,716; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,062 {+1}; 37
• Pottawattamie County, 11,477; {+34}; 156
• Shelby County, 1,299 {+3}; 34
• Union County,  1,307; {+0}; 32