Active COVID case count in north-central Iowa continued to go down over weekend

MASON CITY — The number of active COVID-19 cases in north-central Iowa continued to slide downward over the weekend.

In the time period between midday Friday and midday Sunday, 30 new COVID-19 cases were identified in our listening area while 69 more recoveries were reported. No new deaths were reported to the Iowa Department of Public Health from our listening area. The active case count dropped from 949 on Friday to 910 on Sunday.

In Cerro Gordo County in the same 48-hour period, six new cases were reported while 19 new recoveries were listed. That moved the county’s case count down from 279 to 266.

The number of people hospitalized for COVID in the north-central Iowa medical region was up four over the weekend to 19. After seven straight days of not having any patients in the region in an intensive care unit, two were reported in an ICU on Sunday.

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4922	6
Butler	1562	1
Floyd	1461	3
Franklin	1081	1
Hancock	1357	0
Kossuth	1923	8
Mitchell	1186	2
Winnebago	1271	6
Worth	648	2
Wright	1704	1
Area Total	17115	30

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4577	19
Butler	1451	8
Floyd	1349	2
Franklin	997	4
Hancock	1272	2
Kossuth	1703	7
Mitchell	1132	8
Winnebago	1161	7
Worth	602	7
Wright	1611	5
Area Total	15855	69

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	79	67	12
Butler	30	27	3
Floyd	38	30	8
Franklin	19	18	1
Hancock	27	22	5
Kossuth	52	46	6
Mitchell	40	38	2
Winnebago	30	25	5
Worth	4	3	1
Wright	31	26	5
Area Total	350	302	48	0

 

 

Active Cases	2/14/21	2/12/21	2/5/21	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20	10/1/20
	Sunday	Friday	Last Friday	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st	October 1st
Cerro Gordo	266	279	345	410	549	1807	477	192
Butler	81	88	137	211	175	517	82	20
Floyd	74	73	89	119	130	550	60	48
Franklin	65	68	97	128	133	305	42	18
Hancock	58	60	90	139	235	408	134	21
Kossuth	168	167	235	260	269	535	176	161
Mitchell	14	20	63	104	173	447	119	69
Winnebago	80	81	105	125	123	359	192	119
Worth	42	47	61	84	126	118	46	27
Wright	62	66	100	128	183	410	182	67
Area Total	910	949	1322	1708	2096	5526	1510	742