North-central Iowa’s active COVID case count lowest since last week of October

MASON CITY — The number of active COVID-19 cases in north-central Iowa is at its lowest since November’s surge.

In the 24 hours leading up to 11 o’clock this morning, four more deaths were reported in our area, two each in Cerro Gordo and Kossuth counties. That brings the area’s death total to 339 for the pandemic.

In that same 24-hour period, 36 more north-central Iowans were confirmed to have COVID-19 while 151 more people have been listed as recovered.

The number of active COVID cases in our listening area dropped from 1566 on Tuesday to 1447 on Wednesday. That’s the lowest that number has been since the last week of October when the active case count rose from 906 on October 23rd to 1510 on November 1st.

In Cerro Gordo County, 17 more cases were confirmed in the same 24-hour period while 36 more people have recovered. The county’s active case count stands at 361.

In the north-central Iowa medical region, 17 people are hospitalized with COVID, down two from Tuesday. Three people are in an intensive care unit with only one on a ventilator. 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	76	64	12	2
Butler	29	26	3
Floyd	38	30	8
Franklin	19	18	1
Hancock	25	20	5
Kossuth	51	46	5	2
Mitchell	39	38	1
Winnebago	30	25	5
Worth	4	3	1
Wright	28	24	4
Area Total	339	294	45	4

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4839	17
Butler	1544	6
Floyd	1440	3
Franklin	1059	2
Hancock	1348	2
Kossuth	1881	2
Mitchell	1182	1
Winnebago	1250	2
Worth	629	0
Wright	1691	1
Area Total	16863	36

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4402	36
Butler	1352	27
Floyd	1298	12
Franklin	941	14
Hancock	1212	11
Kossuth	1580	7
Mitchell	1074	15
Winnebago	1112	12
Worth	558	10
Wright	1548	7
Area Total	15077	151

 

 

Active Cases	2/3/21	2/2/21	1/29/21	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20
	Wednesday	Tuesday	Last Friday	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st
Cerro Gordo	361	382	404	410	549	1807	477
Butler	163	184	216	211	175	517	82
Floyd	104	113	126	119	130	550	60
Franklin	99	111	132	128	133	305	42
Hancock	111	120	148	139	235	408	134
Kossuth	250	257	254	260	269	535	176
Mitchell	69	83	112	104	173	447	119
Winnebago	108	118	127	125	123	359	192
Worth	67	77	92	84	126	118	46
Wright	115	121	133	128	183	410	182
Area Total	1447	1566	1744	1708	2096	5526	1510