The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard, Tuesday (today), showed there no additional deaths to report from the previous 24-hours, and for the second day in a row. The pandemic toll remains at 5,822. There were 614 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 382,540. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,279 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There remain two Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 19 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities, two more than the past few days. Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations rose from 201 to 217. There are 53 COVID patients in an ICU, compared to 47 on Monday. Health officials say 28 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, which is a decline of 34 from the previous day, and 27 patients are on a ventilator (4 more than on Monday).

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 21 hospitalized with COVID; 15 COVID patients are in an ICU; five people were admitted with symptoms of COVID, and there are three COVID patients on a ventilator. The 14-day positivity rate is unchanged at 4.9%. The seven-day rate increased slightly, from 5.1% to 5.2%.

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, 1,406 cases; {+1}; 54 deaths
• Adair, 957; {+0}; 32
• Adams, 330 {+0}; 4
• Audubon, 506 {+0}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,244 {+5}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,857; {+6}; 73
• Madison County, 1,647; {+0; 19
• Mills County, 1,718; {+1}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,061 {+0}; 37
• Pottawattamie County, 11,490; {+12}; 156
• Shelby County, 1,300 {+3}; 34
• Union County,  1,310; {+2}; 32