Friday COVID update — one new death in Wright County, active case count for the month slightly increases for listening area

MASON CITY — One new COVID-19 death has been reported in north-central Iowa as the number of active COVID-19 cases in our listening area stayed fairly steady for the week and for the last month.

In the 48 hours between midday Wednesday and midday today, the single death was reported in Wright County, bringing the ten-county listening area’s death total during the pandemic to 386.

In that same 48 hour period, 45 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in our listening area while 47 new recoveries were reported. That brings the active coronavirus case count for the listening area to 1677. That’s down 12 from last Friday, but up seven when compared to a month ago.

In Cerro Gordo County, there were 11 new cases reported between Wednesday and today with 16 new recoveries. The active case count in the county is at 488, three higher than last Friday but 11 lower when compared to a month ago.

In the north-central Iowa medical region, seven people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, down one from Thursday. One person is in an intensive care unit and that person is on a ventilator.

 

(Editor’s note — we will for the time being be updating local case numbers on a three times a week basis — at midday on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If there is a strong surge in cases we will return to daily reports)

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	85	71	14
Butler	33	29	4
Floyd	41	31	10
Franklin	21	19	2
Hancock	33	27	6
Kossuth	58	51	7
Mitchell	41	38	3
Winnebago	31	26	5
Worth	8	7	1
Wright	35	28	7	1
Area Total	386	327	59	1

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5497	11
Butler	1703	5
Floyd	1694	5
Franklin	1216	2
Hancock	1505	2
Kossuth	2194	7
Mitchell	1358	3
Winnebago	1437	3
Worth	721	4
Wright	1837	3
Area Total	19162	45

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4924	16
Butler	1555	4
Floyd	1440	6
Franklin	1068	3
Hancock	1348	1
Kossuth	1935	6
Mitchell	1178	2
Winnebago	1275	2
Worth	663	2
Wright	1713	5
Area Total	17099	47

 

 

Active Cases	4/2/21	3/31/21	3/26/21	4/2/21	3/1/21	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20	10/1/20
	Friday	Wednesday	Previous Friday	April 2nd	March 1st	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st	October 1st
Cerro Gordo	488	493	485	488	499	410	549	1807	477	192
Butler	115	114	126	115	128	211	175	517	82	20
Floyd	213	214	206	213	190	119	130	550	60	48
Franklin	127	128	121	127	128	128	133	305	42	18
Hancock	124	123	125	124	123	139	235	408	134	21
Kossuth	201	200	196	201	193	260	269	535	176	161
Mitchell	139	138	140	139	116	104	173	447	119	69
Winnebago	131	130	140	131	131	125	123	359	192	119
Worth	50	48	57	50	65	84	126	118	46	27
Wright	89	92	93	89	97	128	183	410	182	67
Area Total	1677	1680	1689	1677	1670	1708	2096	5526	1510	742

 

The Iowa Department of Public Health readjusted data starting on February 19th to include data if a person had multiple positive tests