Slight upturn over the weekend in area’s active COVID-19 case count

MASON CITY — After a week that saw the north-central Iowa listening area’s active COVID-19 case count fluctuate slightly up and down, that number took a slight rise over the weekend.

In the time period between midday Friday and midday Monday, 48 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in our ten-county listening area, 24 more recoveries were reported, while no new COVID-related deaths were reported. That moved the active case count in our listening area from 1650 on Friday to 1673 today.

In Cerro Gordo County, nine new cases were reported while two new recoveries were listed to bring the active case count in the county up from 477 on Friday to 484 today.

In the north-central Iowa medical region, eight people were hospitalized with COVID, the same as Friday. Four patients are in an intensive care unit, up two compared to Friday. Two of those patients are on a ventilator.

 

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5410	9
Butler	1685	3
Floyd	1655	4
Franklin	1196	0
Hancock	1484	4
Kossuth	2124	18
Mitchell	1333	3
Winnebago	1415	7
Worth	706	0
Wright	1818	0
Area Total	18826	48

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	4841	2
Butler	1529	2
Floyd	1419	2
Franklin	1058	2
Hancock	1326	0
Kossuth	1876	8
Mitchell	1156	0
Winnebago	1243	5
Worth	643	1
Wright	1684	2
Area Total	16775	24

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	85	71	14
Butler	32	28	4
Floyd	41	31	10
Franklin	20	19	1
Hancock	33	27	6
Kossuth	57	51	6
Mitchell	40	38	2
Winnebago	31	26	5
Worth	8	7	1
Wright	31	26	5
Area Total	378	324	54	0

 

 

Active Cases	3/12/21	3/12/21	3/5/21	3/1/21	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20	10/1/20
	Friday	Friday	Previous Friday	March 1st	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st	October 1st
Cerro Gordo	484	477	476	499	410	549	1807	477	192
Butler	124	123	126	128	211	175	517	82	20
Floyd	195	193	192	190	119	130	550	60	48
Franklin	118	120	118	128	128	133	305	42	18
Hancock	125	121	124	123	139	235	408	134	21
Kossuth	191	181	194	193	260	269	535	176	161
Mitchell	137	134	121	116	104	173	447	119	69
Winnebago	141	139	136	131	125	123	359	192	119
Worth	55	56	69	65	84	126	118	46	27
Wright	103	106	102	97	128	183	410	182	67
Area Total	1673	1650	1658	1670	1708	2096	5526	1510	742