Iowa health officials reported (as of 10-a.m. Thursday) 1,057 new, positive COVID-19 cases (Including 2 more in Cass County), for a statewide total of 89, 612, and 16 more deaths (including 2 more in Harrison County and 1 more in Guthrie County), for a total of 1,358. Deaths attributed to a pre-existing medical condition amount to 930. There have been 6,547 Lab results returned since 10-a.m. Wednesday, for a total of 801, 494. Of the latest results, 5,862 came back Negative for COVID-19 (for a total of 712,616), and 670 were positive, for a 14-day rolling average of 8.7%. In Cass County, the 14-day rolling average is 10.2%.   The number of Iowans who have recovered from the virus is 69,550.

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have increased once again. The data show: 407 hospitalized as of today (17 more than yesterday); 104 patients are in Intensive Care (compared to 100 Wednesday); 53 people were admitted to a hospital in Iowa, and 33 COVID patients are on a ventilator. In western/southwest Iowa, 24 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 (6 more than Wednesday), eight are in an ICU,  10 were admitted since yesterday (compared with two Wednesday), and no one is on a ventilator.

In the KJAN listening area, since 10-a.m. Wednesday, the IDPH reports new positive COVID-19 test results amounting to: 28 in Pottawattamie County; 21 in Harrison County; six each in Guthrie and Union Counties; five more positive cases in Mills County; four more in Adams and Shelby Counties, and two more each in Adair and Audubon Counties.

There are now 13 Iowa counties reporting a positivity rate greater than 15% over the last 14 days. Public schools in Lyon, Sioux, Osceola, Delaware, O’Brien, Page, Crawford, Plymouth, Palo Alto, Fremont, Dubuque, Harrison and Taylor counties are eligible to apply for a waiver with the state to provide 100% virtual learning. Sioux County had reported a rate greater than 30% last week, but now reports 27.1%. Lyon County, in the northwest corner of the state, reports a 31.2% positivity rate over the last 14 days.

There remain 52 long-term care facilities with coronavirus outbreaks in Iowa. IDPH reports 1,081 positive cases and 661 recoveries within those facilities. There have been 701 deaths in Iowa’s long-term care facilities, six more than yesterday.

In the KJAN listening area, here are the current number positive cases in each county, the number of persons recovered, and the total number of [deaths] (if any), since the pandemic began:

• Cass, 183 cases; 157 recovered; 2 deaths
• Adair, 76; 49; 1
• Adams, 38; 28; 0
• Audubon, 92; 39; 1
• Guthrie, 273; 174; 10
• Harrison County, 290; 170; 3
• Madison County, 247; 184; 2
• Mills County, 205; 142; 1
• Montgomery, 100; 92; 5
• Pottawattamie County, 2,244; 1,778; 39
• Shelby County, 278; 249; 1
• Union County,  148; 91; 3