Idaho’s daily coronavirus case count surpasses 350 for the fourth day in a row
Idaho added more than 350 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the fourth straight day.
The state’s seven health districts reported a combined 377 new coronavirus cases Monday between 22 counties. Ada County accounted for a little more than half of Monday’s total with 190 cases for a state-leading total of 2,886, according to Central District Health.
Of Ada County’s confirmed cases, 69% have been attributed to residents of Boise and 19% to Meridian.
The other counties with additional cases Thursday were Adams (1 new, 11 total), Bannock (8 new, 111 total), Benewah (2 new, 15 total), Bingham (9 new, 66 total), Blaine (3 new, 530 total), Bonneville (13 new, 123 total), Canyon (51 new, 1,316 total), Caribou (1 new, 16 total), Cassia (20 new, 248 total), Franklin (3 new, 28 total), Idaho (4 new, 9 total), Jerome (7 new, 219 total), Kootenai (19 new, 440 total), Latah (2 new, 23 total), Madison (2 new, 32 total), Minidoka (13 new, 196 total), Nez Perce (5 new, 91 total), Owyhee (2 new, 42 total), Payette (2 new, 117 total), Power (2 new, 18 total) and Twin Falls (20 new, 592 total).
Central District Health removed one case from Elmore County’s total (67), and Eastern Idaho Public Health did the same in Teton County (19 total).
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 26 new cases among health care workers, bringing the total of infected health care workers to 596. The number of hospitalizations related to COVID-19 jumped by 18 to 387 and ICU admissions increased by six to 130. As of July 4, there were 50 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, including 19 in the ICU.
IDHW added 27 new “probable cases,” increasing the number to 616 statewide. It reported 2,049 new tests and 2,907 patients presumed to have recovered from the disease.
Through Monday, Idaho had confirmed 7,553 cases of COVID-19 since the first case was reported in March.
BEHIND THE STORY
MOREWhy our case numbers might differ from the state's
The Idaho Statesman is tabulating confirmed coronavirus cases from Idaho’s seven health districts as they’re reported. The health districts report cases on their own schedules — some issue press releases, some simply update totals on their websites. And the reports happen at various times throughout the day.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, meanwhile, updates its statewide numbers once a day at about 5 p.m. Its numbers only include the cases the health districts have reported directly to the department. In some cases, health districts have reported cases publicly but not to the department by the daily deadline.
We break out each day’s new cases by county and provide details on each case when available here.
DAILY DETAILS
Hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports there have been 387 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, 130 admissions to the ICU and 596 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 Monday, Health and Welfare reported that 107,925 tests had been completed statewide. About 7% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 2,886, Adams 11, Bannock 111, Bear Lake 2, Benewah 15, Bingham 66, Blaine 530, Boise 5, Bonner 39, Bonneville 123, Boundary 1, Camas 1, Canyon 1,316, Caribou 16, Cassia 248, Clearwater 2, Custer 5, Elmore 67, Franklin 28, Fremont 7, Gem 34, Gooding 56, Idaho 9, Jefferson 15, Jerome 219, Kootenai 440, Latah 23, Lemhi 2, Lincoln 32, Madison 32, Minidoka 196, Nez Perce 91, Oneida 5, Owyhee 42, Payette 117, Power 18, Shoshone 3, Teton 19, Twin Falls 592, Valley 20 and Washington 109.
Counties with community spread: Ada, Bannock, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Bonner, Bonneville, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Lemhi, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Owyhee, Oneida, Payette, Power, Teton, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington.
Editor’s note: Due to an adding error July 2, our statewide total for confirmed coronavirus cases was off by one case. We corrected the number in this story on July 6.
This story was originally published July 6, 2020 at 6:31 PM.
