Active number of COVID cases in north-central Iowa down when compared to last week, start of year

MASON CITY — Despite a slight increase in the number of active COVID-19 cases in north-central Iowa between Thursday and today, that number has steadily declined since the start of the year.

In the 24 hours leading up to 11 o’clock this morning, 55 new COVID-19 cases were identified in our 10-county listening area while 47 more people have recovered. No new deaths were reported in that time period in our listening.

The active case count for the listening area as of this morning was 1828. That’s down 27 from last Friday and down from the 2096 active cases in the area at the start of January.

In Cerro Gordo County, there were 15 new cases and nine recoveries between Thursday and today, raising the active case count to 425. That’s two more when compared to last Friday but 124 less than the 549 active cases on January 1st.

In the north-central Iowa medical region, 35 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19, down from 40 on Thursday. Five are in an intensive care unit and three are on a ventilator. 

 

Active Cases	1/22/21	1/21/21	1/15/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20
	Friday	Thursday	Last Friday	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st
Cerro Gordo	425	419	423	549	1807	477
Butler	229	233	254	175	517	82
Floyd	132	132	128	130	550	60
Franklin	164	166	156	133	305	42
Hancock	157	156	169	235	408	134
Kossuth	211	210	180	269	535	176
Mitchell	143	144	171	173	447	119
Winnebago	117	108	110	123	359	192
Worth	111	117	122	126	118	46
Wright	139	135	142	183	410	182
Area Total	1828	1820	1855	2096	5526	1510

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4708	15
Butler	1498	5
Floyd	1405	3
Franklin	1032	2
Hancock	1312	5
Kossuth	1782	6
Mitchell	1165	1
Winnebago	1215	12
Worth	615	1
Wright	1660	5
Area Total	16392	55

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4211	9
Butler	1245	9
Floyd	1237	3
Franklin	850	4
Hancock	1131	4
Kossuth	1527	5
Mitchell	986	2
Winnebago	1069	3
Worth	500	7
Wright	1497	1
Area Total	14253	47

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	72	61	11
Butler	24	21	3
Floyd	36	28	8
Franklin	18	17	1
Hancock	24	19	5
Kossuth	44	41	3
Mitchell	36	35	1
Winnebago	29	24	5
Worth	4	3	1
Wright	24	22	2
Area Total	311	271	40	0