Friday COVID update — active case count in north-central Iowa continues up, hospitalizations down

MASON CITY — The active number of COVID-19 cases continues to slightly rise in north-central Iowa but the number of people in local hospitals due to coronavirus continues to be at a manageable rate.

In the 48 hour period between midday Wednesday and midday today, 53 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in our ten-county listening area while 39 new recoveries were reported. One more death was also recorded, that being in Kossuth County. It raises the death total in north-central Iowa from COVID to 397.

The active case count in our listening area rose from 1779 on Wednesday to 1791 today.

In the north-central Iowa medical region, seven people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. That’s down from 10 on Thursday and nine on Wednesday. One patient is on a ventilator in an intensive care unit. 

 

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	87	73	14
Butler	34	30	4
Floyd	42	32	10
Franklin	21	19	2
Hancock	34	27	7
Kossuth	64	56	8	1
Mitchell	41	38	3
Winnebago	31	26	5
Worth	8	7	1
Wright	35	28	7
Area Total	397	336	61	1

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5662	20
Butler	1716	0
Floyd	1739	7
Franklin	1233	3
Hancock	1540	2
Kossuth	2256	5
Mitchell	1364	0
Winnebago	1479	8
Worth	757	4
Wright	1875	4
Area Total	19621	53

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5000	8
Butler	1573	3
Floyd	1476	4
Franklin	1084	1
Hancock	1368	4
Kossuth	2007	9
Mitchell	1211	7
Winnebago	1307	0
Worth	674	0
Wright	1733	3
Area Total	17433	39

 

 

Active Cases	4/23/21	4/21/21	4/9/21	4/2/21	3/1/21	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20	10/1/20
	Friday	Wednesday	Friday	April 2nd	March 1st	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st	October 1st
Cerro Gordo	575	563	508	488	499	410	549	1807	477	192
Butler	109	113	112	115	128	211	175	517	82	20
Floyd	221	218	219	213	190	119	130	550	60	48
Franklin	128	126	124	127	128	128	133	305	42	18
Hancock	138	140	130	124	123	139	235	408	134	21
Kossuth	185	190	219	201	193	260	269	535	176	161
Mitchell	112	119	128	139	116	104	173	447	119	69
Winnebago	141	133	132	131	131	125	123	359	192	119
Worth	75	71	63	50	65	84	126	118	46	27
Wright	107	106	94	89	97	128	183	410	182	67
Area Total	1791	1779	1729	1677	1670	1708	2096	5526	1510	742