(Updated 12:20-p.m.) Officials with the Cass County Public Health System said today (Thursday), there are currently six positive cases of COVID-19. The IDPH says one of those persons recovered. 296 individuals have been tested in Cass County, while six  tested positive. 283 tested negative and six cases are pending.

The Iowa Dept. of Public Health’s latest report showed 22 more deaths across the State, for a total of 403. There were 394 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, for a statewide total of 15,947 positive cases. Officials report 115,031 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19, and 8,471 have recovered. 98, 817 tested negative. There are currently 381 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the state, with 125 listed in intensive care. There were 31 patients admitted in the last 24 hours and 84 on ventilators. The number of Long-Term Care facility outbreaks has not changed, at 37.

In southwest/western Iowa, RMCC Region 4, the data remained essentially unchanged, with eight patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Five patients were in an ICU, and two were admitted in the past 24-hours. The total number of positive cases, county-by-county, as of the latest report (and recovered): (Counties contiguous to Cass are highlighted)…

• Cass County, 6 (1 recovered)
• Adair County, 6 (2 recovered)
• Adams County, 3
• Audubon County, 11 (8 recovered) (1 deceased)
  
• Dallas County, 809 (484 recovered)
• Guthrie County, 42 cases (27 recovered) (3 deceased)
  
• Fremont County, 4 (2 recovered)
• Harrison County, 18 cases (17 recovered)
• Madison County 20, (11 recovered)
• Mills County, 13 cases (9 recovered)
• Montgomery County, 5 (5 recovered)
• Page County, 10 cases (10 recovered)
• Pottawattamie County 185 cases (89 recovered)
• Ringgold County, 1 case
• Shelby County, 24 cases (20 recovered)
• Taylor County, 5 (1 recovered)
• Union County, 5 (1 recovered)