North-central Iowa’s active COVID case count inches downward again closer to 1000

MASON CITY — Two more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in north-central Iowa as the active case count in the listening area inches closer to dropping below the 1000 mark.

In the 24 hours leading up to 11 o’clock Thursday morning, the two deaths were reported in Cerro Gordo County. It brings the county’s death total to 79 and the listening area’s pandemic total to 348.

In the same 24 hour period, 32 more COVID-19 cases were identified in north-central Iowa while 95 more people have recovered. That brings the area’s active case count down from 1071 on Wednesday to 1005 on Thursday.

In Cerro Gordo County, 13 new cases were reported with 23 more recovering. That brings the county’s active case count down from 304 to 292.

In the north-central Iowa medical region, the number of patients hospitalized with COVID is up four to 20, but for the fifth straight day, none of those patients were in an intensive care unit.

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	79	67	12	2
Butler	30	27	3
Floyd	38	30	8
Franklin	19	18	1
Hancock	27	22	5
Kossuth	52	46	6
Mitchell	39	38	1
Winnebago	30	25	5
Worth	4	3	1
Wright	30	25	5
Area Total	348	301	47	2

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4911	13
Butler	1558	1
Floyd	1457	3
Franklin	1079	1
Hancock	1357	2
Kossuth	1915	7
Mitchell	1183	0
Winnebago	1265	3
Worth	641	2
Wright	1698	0
Area Total	17064	32

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4540	23
Butler	1436	10
Floyd	1341	6
Franklin	983	3
Hancock	1263	8
Kossuth	1684	12
Mitchell	1122	6
Winnebago	1152	12
Worth	591	7
Wright	1599	8
Area Total	15711	95

 

 

Active Cases	2/11/21	2/10/21	2/5/21	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20	10/1/20
	Thursday	Wednesday	Last Friday	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st	October 1st
Cerro Gordo	292	304	345	410	549	1807	477	192
Butler	92	101	137	211	175	517	82	20
Floyd	78	81	89	119	130	550	60	48
Franklin	77	79	97	128	133	305	42	18
Hancock	67	73	90	139	235	408	134	21
Kossuth	179	184	235	260	269	535	176	161
Mitchell	22	29	63	104	173	447	119	69
Winnebago	83	92	105	125	123	359	192	119
Worth	46	51	61	84	126	118	46	27
Wright	69	77	100	128	183	410	182	67
Area Total	1005	1071	1322	1708	2096	5526	1510	742