Health and Welfare reports four new coronavirus deaths in Idaho, more than 400 new cases
Idaho felt the impact of a recent surge in coronavirus cases in a very real way Wednesday.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported four new deaths from COVID-19, which is the most in a single day since the department added five on April 21.
All four deaths fell under Southwest District Health’s jurisdiction, with three being Canyon County residents and one a Washington County resident. That brings the death toll in Canyon County to nine and in Washington County to two. The statewide total now stands at 98 with a case fatality rate of about 1.09%.
According to IDHW demographic data, two of the individuals were in their 60s, one in their 50s and one in their 70s. It is only the state’s third death of a person under the age of 60 from the coronavirus. Three of the deceased were female and one male. Three identified as non-Hispanic and one as Hispanic.
Health and Welfare also updated its hospitalization data, showing a record 91 hospitalized coronavirus patients in Idaho on Monday. There were 22 in intensive care, which is one short of a record. Testing data for the week of June 28 to July 4 was added, showing 15,143 tests conducted with a positive percentage of 11.2%, which is the highest it’s ever been.
Idaho also came two cases short of tying a single-day record. The state’s seven health districts reported a combined 403 new confirmed cases on Wednesday just one day after reporting a record 405 cases.
Ada and Canyon counties continue to be hot spots, adding 164 and 73 new cases, respectively. Ada County has gone six straight days with 100 or more new confirmed cases and has reached a state-leading 3,245 cases since the start of the pandemic in March.
The other counties adding cases Wednesday were Bannock (8 new, 128 total), Bingham (6 new, 79 total), Blaine (1 new, 532 total), Boise (2 new, 7 total), Bonner (5 new, 44 total), Bonneville (4 new, 128 total), Caribou (2 new, 19 total), Cassia (10 new, 259 total), Clearwater (2 new, 4 total), Elmore (6 new, 78 total), Gem (3 new, 37 total), Gooding (3 total, 61 new), Idaho (2 new, 11 total), Jerome (7 new, 235 total), Kootenai (48 new, 514 total), Latah (1 new, 27 total), Lincoln (1 new, 34 total), Madison (2 new, 34 total), Minidoka (10 new, 211 total), Nez Perce (1 new, 93 total), Owyhee (9 new, 54 total), Payette (8 new, 128 total), Shoshone (3 new, 6 total), Twin Falls (17 new, 654 total), Valley (1 new, 23 total) and Washington (4 new, 115 total).
Idaho’s statewide total stands at 8,361 confirmed cases.
Health and Welfare added seven new “probable cases,” increasing the number to 662 statewide. It reported 3,282 new tests and 2,978 patients presumed to have recovered from the disease.
DAILY DETAILS
Hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports there have been 411 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, 133 admissions to the ICU and 651 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 Wednesday, Health and Welfare reported that 113,958 tests had been completed statewide. About 7.3% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 3,245, Adams 11, Bannock 128, Bear Lake 2, Benewah 15, Bingham 79, Blaine 532, Boise 7, Bonner 44, Bonneville 128, Boundary 1, Camas 1, Canyon 1,470, Caribou 19, Cassia 259, Clearwater 4, Custer 5, Elmore 78, Franklin 29, Fremont 7, Gem 37, Gooding 61, Idaho 11, Jefferson 15, Jerome 235, Kootenai 514, Latah 27, Lemhi 2, Lincoln 34, Madison 34, Minidoka 211, Nez Perce 93, Oneida 5, Owyhee 54, Payette 128, Power 18, Shoshone 6, Teton 20, Twin Falls 654, Valley 23 and Washington 115.
Counties with community spread: Ada, Bannock, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Bonner, Bonneville, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, Teton, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington.
This story was originally published July 8, 2020 at 5:24 PM.
