Quiet day for new confirmed coronavirus cases, except in South Central Idaho
On a day when five of the state’s seven health districts did not have new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the South Central Public Health District reported 19 additional cases.
Twin Falls County appears to have taken over as Idaho’s COVID-19 hot spot, churning out 10 of Saturday’s 21 new cases. Twin Falls County had 164 cases as of May 2 and has since grown to 216, an increase of 52 cases over the last week.
Idaho stands at 2,051 confirmed cases and 67 deaths statewide since March. Saturday’s other new cases were added in Blaine (4 new, 493 total), Cassia (1 new, 15 total), Jerome (4 new, 61 total) and Madison (2 new, 12 total) counties, according to an update on the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s website.
Madison County’s new cases included a male in his 30s who had contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19, and a male in his 20s who contracted the virus by community transmission. Neither had to be hospitalized, according to Eastern Idaho Public Health.
There are 181 “probable cases” throughout the state, an increase of three from Friday. Health and Welfare reports that 1,473 cases are “presumed recovered.”
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Hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 207 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, 87 admissions to the ICU and 274 health care workers who have been infected. The hospital and health care numbers are based on cases with completed investigations into contacts, not the full number of positives.
Testing totals: At the end of the day Saturday, Health and Welfare reported that 31,961 tests had been completed statewide. About 6.4% have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 687, Adams 3, Bannock 8, Bingham 4, Blaine 493, Bonner 4, Bonneville 17, Camas 1, Canyon 252, Caribou 1, Cassia 15, Custer 2, Elmore 30, Fremont 2, Gem 12, Gooding 14, Idaho 3, Jefferson 4, Jerome 61, Kootenai 63, Latah 5, Lemhi 1, Lincoln 27, Madison 12, Minidoka 8, Nez Perce 69, Owyhee 8, Payette 14, Power 2, Teton 10, Twin Falls 216, Valley 2 and Washington 1.
Counties with community spread: Ada, Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Lemhi, Owyhee, Madison, Payette, Teton and Twin Falls.
This story was originally published May 9, 2020 at 5:50 PM.
