North-central Iowa’s COVID active case count drops

MASON CITY — The number of active COVID-19 cases in north-central Iowa declined between Monday and Tuesday.

In the 24 hours leading up to 11 o’clock on Tuesday morning, 33 new COVID cases were identified in our north-central Iowa listening area while 79 more people have recovered. That brings the active case count in the listening area down from 1865 on Monday to 1827 on Tuesday.

In Cerro Gordo County, five new cases were reported with 25 new recoveries. The county’s active case count dropped from 421 to 401 between Monday and Tuesday.

The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the north-central Iowa medical region was up one from yesterday to 30 today. Five are in an intensive care unit with four of those patients on a ventilator.

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4743	5
Butler	1523	5
Floyd	1419	2
Franklin	1037	1
Hancock	1325	5
Kossuth	1808	2
Mitchell	1171	1
Winnebago	1226	4
Worth	622	3
Wright	1676	5
Area Total	16550	33

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4270	25
Butler	1253	4
Floyd	1246	3
Franklin	870	16
Hancock	1151	17
Kossuth	1523
Mitchell	1002	1
Winnebago	1073	4
Worth	513	6
Wright	1510	3
Area Total	14411	79

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	72	61	11
Butler	24	21	3
Floyd	36	28	8
Franklin	18	17	1
Hancock	24	19	5
Kossuth	44	41	3
Mitchell	37	36	1
Winnebago	29	24	5
Worth	4	3	1
Wright	24	22	2
Area Total	312	272	40	0

 

 

Active Cases	1/26/21	1/25/21	1/22/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20
	Tuesday	Monday	Last Friday	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st
Cerro Gordo	401	421	425	549	1807	477
Butler	246	245	229	175	517	82
Floyd	137	138	132	130	550	60
Franklin	149	164	164	133	305	42
Hancock	150	162	157	235	408	134
Kossuth	241	231	211	269	535	176
Mitchell	132	132	143	173	447	119
Winnebago	124	125	117	123	359	192
Worth	105	108	111	126	118	46
Wright	142	140	139	183	410	182
Area Total	1827	1865	1828	2096	5526	1510