Wednesday COVID update — active case count slightly drops, two patients in an ICU

MASON CITY — The active number of COVID-19 cases in north-central Iowa has slightly dropped over the last two days.

In the time period between midday Monday and midday Wednesday, 39 new cases of COVID were identified in our ten-county listening area while 47 new recoveries were reported. There were no new deaths recorded in the area. That moved the active case count down from 1874 on Monday to 1864 today. It’s still almost 200 cases higher than the start of April.

The number of people hospitalized in the north-central Iowa medical region is at 13, up from 10 on Tuesday. Two of those patients are in an intensive care unit with one being on a ventilator.

The listening area’s 14-day average positive test rate is 4.7% and the seven-day average is at 4.9%. Those are slightly higher than the statewide positivity rates. 

 

 

Confirmed Cases	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5757	13
Butler	1730	6
Floyd	1768	1
Franklin	1261	4
Hancock	1563	6
Kossuth	2266	4
Mitchell	1366	0
Winnebago	1513	1
Worth	776	0
Wright	1898	4
Area Total	19898	39

 

 

Recovered	Total	New
Cerro Gordo	5062	14
Butler	1579	2
Floyd	1494	2
Franklin	1098	2
Hancock	1386	5
Kossuth	2041	6
Mitchell	1218	1
Winnebago	1317	3
Worth	690	6
Wright	1748	6
Area Total	17633	47

 

 

Deaths	Total	Underlying Cause	Contributing Factor	New
Cerro Gordo	89	74	15
Butler	34	30	4
Floyd	42	32	10
Franklin	21	19	2
Hancock	34	27	7
Kossuth	64	56	8
Mitchell	42	39	3
Winnebago	31	26	5
Worth	8	7	1
Wright	36	29	7
Area Total	401	339	62	0

 

 

Active Cases	5/3/21	4/30/21	4/30/21	4/2/21	3/1/21	2/1/21	1/1/21	12/1/20	11/1/20	10/1/20
	Monday	Friday	Last Friday	April 2nd	March 1st	February 1st	January 1st	December 1st	November 1st	October 1st
Cerro Gordo	606	607	612	488	499	410	549	1807	477	192
Butler	117	113	110	115	128	211	175	517	82	20
Floyd	232	233	232	213	190	119	130	550	60	48
Franklin	142	140	137	127	128	128	133	305	42	18
Hancock	143	142	146	124	123	139	235	408	134	21
Kossuth	161	163	170	201	193	260	269	535	176	161
Mitchell	106	109	107	139	116	104	173	447	119	69
Winnebago	165	167	163	131	131	125	123	359	192	119
Worth	78	84	84	50	65	84	126	118	46	27
Wright	114	116	110	89	97	128	183	410	182	67
Area Total	1864	1874	1871	1677	1670	1708	2096	5526	1510	742

 

 

Hospitalized	Wednesday	Tuesday	Monday
Total	13	10	12
ICU	2	1	1
Ventilator	1	1	1
Admitted last 24 hours	4	2	0