Regional COVID-related deaths rose by seven over the past week while positivity rates remain generally low. Sac County rose by three deaths to 14. They have an increase of 21 cases since this time last Monday at 1,022 with 857 recovered and have a 9.4 percent positivity rate. Crawford County ranks third in the state with a 23.6 percent positivity rate and has had an additional four deaths, now at a total of 21. They are up 64 cases over the past week to 2,071 with 1,762 recovered. In the rest of the region: Calhoun County has the second lowest two-week positivity rate in the state at 6.1 percent. They had nine additional cases over the week up to 1,166 with 1,061 recovered and nine deaths; Carroll is at 15 percent with 2,328 cases, up 65, with 1,977 recovered and 27 deaths; Audubon is at 11 percent with 364 cases, up 21, with 297 recovered and seven deaths. Greene County has a 10.6 percent positivity rate and is up 17 to 634 with 528 recovered and seven deaths; and Guthrie County is reporting a 16.9 percent rate and is up 47 cases to 933 with 751 recovered and 22 deaths. Seven regional long-term care facilities are reporting outbreaks. In Carroll County, St. Anthony Regional Hospital’s nursing facility has 32 of 48 cases recovered and Accura Healthcare of Carroll has two of 12. In Crawford County, the Manilla Manor has zero of 27 cases recovered and Eventide Lutheran Home of Denison has 42 of 60. For Greene County, Regency Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Jefferson has 18 of 28 cases recovered. Sac County has two facilities reporting; Twilight Acres of Wall Lake has 30 of 34 cases recovered and Black Hawk Life Care Center of Lake View has 28 of 31. For the most up-to-date information on a statewide and county-by-county basis, log on to coronavirus.iowa.gov.
