The Iowa Department of Public Health’s Coronavirus dashboard today (Friday, as of 10-a.m./24-hour data) showed there were seven additional COVID-19 related deaths reported since 10-a.m. Thursday, leaving the pandemic death toll in Iowa at 5,843. There was one additional death in Pottawattamie County, for a total of 158. Long-Term Care facility deaths account for 2,286 of the total number of deaths across the state.

There were 559 additional positive test results for COVID-19 returned from the labs, for a total of 384,591. There remain two Long-Term Care facility outbreaks, with 22 positive cases among residents and staff within those facilities. Health officials say COVID-related hospitalizations stand at 228 (compared to 219 Thursday). There are 49 COVID patients in an ICU (compared to 43 previously). The IDPH says 54 people were admitted to a hospital across the state, compared to 39 the day before, and 20 patients remain on a ventilator.

RMCC Region 4 hospitals (those in western/southwest Iowa) show: There are 25 hospitalized with COVID (Compared with 19 Thursday); 11 COVID patients are in an ICU (There were 9 Thursday); Six people were admitted with symptoms of COVID (5 more than previously reported), and there remain two COVID patients on a ventilator. The 14-day and seven-day positivity rates are both at 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, 1,413 cases; {+0}; 54 deaths
• Adair, 958; {+0}; 32
• Adams, 336 {+6}; 4
• Audubon, 509 {+0}; 9
• Guthrie, 1,243 {+1}; 28
• Harrison County, 1,871; {+8}; 73
• Madison County, 1,652; {+1; 19
• Mills County, 1,729; {+0}; 20
• Montgomery, 1,072 {+3}; 37
• Pottawattamie County, 11,601; {+29}; 158
• Shelby County, 1,311 {+5}; 35
• Union County,  1,321; {+5}; 32