Rate of new COVID cases in north-central Iowa slightly down in the past week, four new deaths recorded in our area

MASON CITY — The number of new weekly COVID-19 cases is down in north-central Iowa very slightly while four more COVID-related deaths have been reported in our listening area.

According to new data from the Iowa Department of Public Health, 507 new COVID cases were reported in the nine-county listening area that includes Cerro Gordo and the eight surrounding counties. That’s down compared to 597 for the week before. In Cerro Gordo County, 142 new cases were reported, compared to 183 new cases the week before.

Of the four new deaths, two were reported in Franklin County, with single deaths reported in Floyd and Wright counties. That brings the area’s death total since the start of the pandemic to 382.

45 people were hospitalized as of Wednesday for COVID in the north-central Iowa medical region, the same as last Wednesday, but that number had been at least 50 as of Tuesday. Of those 45, 10 are in an intensive care unit, 10 were vaccinated for COVID while 35 of those patients were not.

The nine-county listening area’s positivity rate is at 9%, compared to 9.3% last week, while the 14-day rate is at 9.2%, down from 9.8% a week ago. 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	106	89	17
Butler	37	31	6
Floyd	44	34	10	1
Franklin	28	25	3	2
Hancock	39	31	8
Mitchell	43	40	3
Winnebago	32	26	6
Worth	8	7	1
Wright	45	37	8	1
Area Total	382	320	62	4
Last week total	378	316	62	10

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	7383	142
Butler	2142	32
Floyd	2379	65
Franklin	1777	36
Hancock	1971	40
Mitchell	1753	48
Winnebago	1998	36
Worth	1143	44
Wright	2502	64
Area Total	23048	507
Last week total	22541	597

 

 

Positivity rate	7-day %	14-day %		Prev 7-day %	Prev 14-day %
Cerro Gordo	8.1	8.4		9.3	8.9
Butler	5	6		7.4	7.4
Floyd	11.2	10		8.2	10.1
Franklin	11.4	12.9		13.5	10.7
Hancock	9.2	8.4		8.6	9.9
Mitchell	10.1	8.8		6.8	9.5
Winnebago	6.3	9.1		10.3	10.4
Worth	9.9	9.9		10.4	12.4
Wright	13.9	13.1		11.6	12
Area Total	9	9.2		9.3	9.8

 

 

Hospitalized	Wednesday	Last Wednesday
Total	45	45
ICU	10	9
Vaccinated	10	14
Non-Vaccinated	35	31