Monday COVID-19 update — four COVID-related deaths reported over the weekend in north-central Iowa

MASON CITY — After going over a week without any new COVID-19-related deaths in north-central Iowa, the ten-county listening area had four new deaths reported over the weekend, taking the area’s death toll from coronavirus over the 400 mark.

In the time period between midday Friday and midday today, two new deaths were reported in Cerro Gordo County while single deaths were reported in Mitchell and Wright. That brings the total number of deaths in the listening area to 401, with 89 of those deaths happening in Cerro Gordo County.

In that same Friday to Monday time frame, 41 new COVID cases were identified in the listening area while 34 new recoveries were reported. That brings the area’s active case count up to 1874.

The 14-day positivity rate for the listening area is at 4.5% while the 7-day rate is at 4.0%, which are both close to the statewide average.

In the north-central Iowa medical region, the number of those hospitalized for COVID is currently at 12, down four from Sunday. One is in an intensive care unit and on a ventilator. 

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	89	74	15	2
Butler	34	30	4
Floyd	42	32	10
Franklin	21	19	2
Hancock	34	27	7
Kossuth	64	56	8
Mitchell	42	39	3	1
Winnebago	31	26	5
Worth	8	7	1
Wright	36	29	7	1
Area Total	401	339	62	4

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5744	9
Butler	1724	4
Floyd	1767	4
Franklin	1257	6
Hancock	1557	0
Kossuth	2262	0
Mitchell	1368	3
Winnebago	1512	6
Worth	776	1
Wright	1894	8
Area Total	19861	41

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5048	12
Butler	1577	1
Floyd	1492	3
Franklin	1096	3
Hancock	1381	4
Kossuth	2035	7
Mitchell	1217	0
Winnebago	1314	2
Worth	684	1
Wright	1742	1
Area Total	17586	34

 

 

Active Cases	5/3/21	4/30/21	4/23/21	4/2/21	3/1/21	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20	10/1/20
	Monday	Friday	Last Friday	April 2nd	March 1st	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st	October 1st
Cerro Gordo	607	612	575	488	499	410	549	1807	477	192
Butler	113	110	109	115	128	211	175	517	82	20
Floyd	233	232	221	213	190	119	130	550	60	48
Franklin	140	137	128	127	128	128	133	305	42	18
Hancock	142	146	138	124	123	139	235	408	134	21
Kossuth	163	170	185	201	193	260	269	535	176	161
Mitchell	109	107	112	139	116	104	173	447	119	69
Winnebago	167	163	141	131	131	125	123	359	192	119
Worth	84	84	75	50	65	84	126	118	46	27
Wright	116	110	107	89	97	128	183	410	182	67
Area Total	1874	1871	1791	1677	1670	1708	2096	5526	1510	742

 

Hospitalized	Monday	Sunday	Friday
Total	12	16	15
ICU	1	3	2
Ventilator	1		1
Admitted last 24 hours	0	6	6