The State of Iowa’s Coronavirus dashboard (as of 10-a.m. today), shows nine more people have died from the virus since Tuesday, and 373 have tested positive. As of today (Wednesday), the State’s death toll from the virus is 808, while the number of positive COVID-19 cases stands at 39,793. The IDPH says 427,908 Iowans have been tested. Of those, 386,643 have tested negative for COVID-19. Officials said also, 28,607 persons affected by the virus have recovered from it.

Hospitalization data show: one more person with COVID-19 was hospitalized, for a total of 224; 71 individuals are in an ICU; 29 were admitted, and 31 were on a ventilator. In RMCC Region 4 (southwest/western IA), five people are hospitalized with COVID-19, two are in an ICU), there were no hospital admissions, one person remains on a ventilator.

Long-Term Care (LTC) data show 20 outbreaks (3 more than Tuesday, 494 staff/patients have tested positive for the virus, 124 have recovered and 433 have died.

Here is the latest data for confirmed cases and the number of persons recovered from COVID-19, in Cass and surrounding counties, plus any change in the numbers (Highlighted number indicate a change from Tuesday):

• Cass: 30 positive cases, 28 recovered
• Adair: 20 positive cases, 16 recovered
• Adams: 12 cases (recovered data still not available from the IDPH)
• Audubon: 22 cases, (No recovery data available)
• Guthrie: 110 cases, 66 recovered
• Montgomery: 24 cases, 16 recovered
• Pottawattamie: 945 cases, 708 recovered
• Shelby County: 125 cases, 123 recovered

Police in Council Bluffs responded at around 3:25-a.m. today (Wednesday), to a Personal Injury Accident in the 3200 block of 9th Avenue. Authorities say information was received that one vehicle was on its side. Officers arrived on scene and were able to locate the vehicle on its side. Officers were able to help the driver – 26-year old Haleigh Colbert, of Council Bluffs – out through the sunroof of the vehicle.

A preliminary investigation indicated Colbert was traveling westbound on 9th Ave. in her 2007 Honda CRV. She veered over onto the shoulder and struck a parked Ford F-150. Both vehicles had extensive damage and had to be towed from the scene. Colbert suffered minor injuries however refused medical attention.

Colbert was cited for the accident. Authorities say alcohol was not a factor in this accident, and Colbert was wearing her seatbelt, which proved to be very effective in preventing more serious injuries.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:38 a.m. CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa City’s mayor is ordering people to wear masks in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus, defying Gov. Kim Reynolds’ claim that cities cannot mandate face coverings. Iowa has been one of the only states that does not have any enforceable local or state mask mandates. The Republican governor has said that she believes cities and counties can require masks only if she grants that authority, which she’s refused to do. But Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague on Tuesday cited authority granted to cities in the state constitution and a law that gives mayors the power to govern by proclamation when an “emergency or public danger exists.”

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has ruled that prosecutors must turn over body-camera footage and other material to a Des Moines Register reporter who was arrested while covering a protest in May. Judge Christopher Kemp on Monday ordered the Polk County Attorney’s Office to give body-cam footage and reports to reporter Andrea Sahouri by the next court date, which hasn’t been scheduled. Sahouri was arrested May 31 while covering a protest near a Des Moines shopping mall, less than a week after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Prosecutors argued authorities didn’t need to provide evidence because the charges are misdemeanors and such cases are supposed to be handled quickly and inexpensively.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office has ordered a sharp reduction in coronavirus testing at a site in Dubuque, where infections have been rising. The Test Iowa site in Dubuque will be allowed to offer only 100 tests per day, starting Tuesday. The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald reported the site had been testing between 400 and 550 people per day. The site will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Reynolds’ spokesman, Pat Garrett, said the tests were limited to ensure consistency and high quality performance at all Test Iowa sites. Dubuque County has seen daily coronavirus cases more than quadruple since June.

LE MARS, Iowa (AP) — A man has died after becoming trapped in a grain bin in northwest Iowa. The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and other first-responders were called Tuesday morning to a grain bin about five miles east of Le Mars. They were told a 65-year-old man had been loosening stuck corn when he became trapped. Even though there were safety measures in place, he sank into the corn when the crust broke. He had died by the time his body was recovered about an hour after rescuers arrived. His name wasn’t immediately released so relatives could be notified.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports that around 10:30-p.m. Tuesday, they received a 911 call reporting a single vehicle crash in the 3000blk of Peru Road or two-miles west of Truro. Responding Deputies located an adult male inside the vehicle that had left the roadway and entered the timber adjacent to the roadway.

The adult male who was the only occupant of the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Madison County Medical Examiner’s Office. The identity of the individual is being withheld until family receives notification.