Active COVID-19 case count slightly up for second day in north-central Iowa

MASON CITY — For the second straight day, the number of active COVID-19 cases in our listening area slightly went up.

In the 24 hour period leading up to 11 o’clock this morning, 34 new cases of coronavirus were identified in our ten-county listening area while 25 more people have recovered. One new death was reported in our area in Cerro Gordo County. That brings the county’s death total since the start of the pandemic to 83 and the listening area’s total to 368.

The active case count for the listening area is at 1640, up eight when compared to midday Wednesday.

In Cerro Gordo County, 15 new cases were recorded with eight new recoveries, moving up the active case count number from 466 to 472.

In the north-central medical region, nine people were hospitalized with COVID, the same number as of Wednesday. Only one patient is in an intensive care unit, compared to two on Wednesday. That patient is not on a ventilator. 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	83	70	13	1
Butler	31	28	3
Floyd	41	31	10
Franklin	19	18	1
Hancock	30	25	5
Kossuth	55	48	7
Mitchell	40	38	2
Winnebago	31	26	5
Worth	7	6	1
Wright	31	26	5
Area Total	368	316	52	1

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5352	15
Butler	1674	2
Floyd	1633	3
Franklin	1186	2
Hancock	1474	1
Kossuth	2088	3
Mitchell	1312	2
Winnebago	1393	1
Worth	703	3
Wright	1800	2
Area Total	18615	34

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4797	8
Butler	1517	3
Floyd	1401	0
Franklin	1049	2
Hancock	1322	0
Kossuth	1841	2
Mitchell	1153	0
Winnebago	1227	5
Worth	627	1
Wright	1673	4
Area Total	16607	25

 

 

Active Cases	3/4/21	3/3/21	2/26/21	3/1/21/	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20	10/1/20
	Thursday	Wednesday	Last Friday	March 1st	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st	October 1st
Cerro Gordo	472	466	501	499	410	549	1807	477	192
Butler	126	127	128	128	211	175	517	82	20
Floyd	191	188	189	190	119	130	550	60	48
Franklin	118	118	129	128	128	133	305	42	18
Hancock	122	121	119	123	139	235	408	134	21
Kossuth	192	191	200	193	260	269	535	176	161
Mitchell	119	117	114	116	104	173	447	119	69
Winnebago	135	139	130	131	125	123	359	192	119
Worth	69	67	62	65	84	126	118	46	27
Wright	96	98	98	97	128	183	410	182	67
Area Total	1640	1632	1670	1670	1708	2096	5526	1510	742