Idaho adds 400-plus coronavirus cases for fourth day in a row as total passes 9,000
Idaho’s total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 topped 9,000 on Friday as the state recorded a fourth straight day with 400 or more new cases.
The state’s seven health districts reported a combined 455 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, increasing the statewide total to 9,311 cases since the pandemic began.
Both Ada and Canyon counties added more than 100 new cases to their totals. Ada’s case count reached 3,583 cases (152 new) — or about 38.5 percent of the state’s total. Ada County has gone eight straight days with 100 or more new cases.
Southwest District Health added 116 cases in Canyon County, which has the second-highest number of cases in the state at 1,685. Canyon County’s caseload has increased by about 106% since July 1 when it had 819 cases.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare released an updated look at the current number of patients hospitalized throughout the Gem State with either confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. The hospitalization number dropped from a high of 106 as of July 7 to 86 on July 8. As of July 6, there were 22 patients in the ICU with coronavirus.
The other counties reporting new confirmed cases Friday were Bannock (6 new, 137 total), Bear Lake (1 new, 3 total), Benewah (7 new, 22 total), Bingham (2 new, 85 total), Blaine (1 new, 534 total), Boise (1 new, 8 total), Bonner (2 new, 59 total), Bonneville (10 new, 142 total), Boundary (3 new, 5 total), Cassia (1 new, 268 total), Elmore (4 new, 83 total), Franklin (1 new, 30 total), Gem (4 new, 43 total), Gooding (3 new, 70 total), Idaho (2 new, 13 total), Jefferson (2 new, 18 total), Jerome (9 new, 254 total), Kootenai (68 new, 663 total), Latah (2 new, 31 total), Madison (11 new, 45 total), Minidoka (5 new, 224 total), Oneida (2 new, 8 total), Owyhee (4 new, 64 total), Payette (12 new, 145 total), Teton (1 new, 28 total), Twin Falls (21 new, 706 total), Valley (1 new, 24 total) and Washington (1 new, 121 total).
Health and Welfare added 21 new “probable cases,” increasing the number to 709 statewide. It reported 4,250 new tests and 3,066 patients presumed to have recovered from the disease.
Long-term care facilities
On Friday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare posted its weekly update on COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities.
There have been 66 outbreaks totaling 560 cases, an increase of 17 outbreaks and 123 cases since last week’s report. There have been 61 coronavirus-related deaths between 13 facilities.
Currently, there are 316 active coronavirus cases among 48 facilities. Below is a list of cities and their long-term care facilities with active cases:
Blackfoot: Willows; Boise: Shaw Mountain, Brookdale Parkcenter, Ashley Manor-Cloverdale, Terraces of Boise, LifeCare of Boise, Riverview Rehabilitation, Good Samaritan Society, Edgewood-Overland, Cascadia of Boise, Garden Plaza of Valley View, Aspen Valley Senior Living; Burley: Highland Estates; Caldwell: Caldwell Care of Cascadia, Autumn Wind, Grace Assisted Living, Canyon West of Cascadia; Garden City: Emerson House; Homedale: Owyhee Health & Rehab; Jerome: Desano Place, Communicare; Kimberly: Oak Creek; Meridian: Grace Assisted Living, Aspire-Fieldstone, Creekside Transitional Care, Meridian Meadows, Touchmark, Copper Springs; Montpelier: Bear Lake Manor; Nampa: Karcher Estates, Cascadia of Nampa, Family Life, Aspire-Milliken, Park Place Assisted Living, Orchards of Cascadia, Canyon House, Streamside, Ashley Manor-Midland; Payette: Payette Healthcare; Rigby: Sage Grove; Rupert: Vista Assisted Living; Sandpoint: Valley Vista Care; Soda Springs: Caribou Memorial Living Center; Star: Autumn Cove; Twin Falls: Harmony Place, Chardonnay, Serenity; Weiser: Cottages of Weiser.
Federal data reported as of June 28 show an additional 104 cases of COVID-19 among staff and residents of 20 Idaho nursing homes that are not included in the state’s list.
Those numbers come from nursing homes, which report their cases on a weekly basis to the federal government. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the data to the public.
The state’s numbers, on the other hand, come from Idaho’s public health districts, which are in charge of investigating cases at assisted living facilities in regions.
It’s unclear why the numbers don’t match up.
DAILY DETAILS
Hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports there have been 449 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, 138 admissions to the ICU and 708 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 Friday, Health and Welfare reported that 121,640 tests had been completed statewide. About 7.7% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 3,583, Adams 11, Bannock 137, Bear Lake 3, Benewah 22, Bingham 85, Blaine 534, Boise 8, Bonner 59, Bonneville 142, Boundary 5, Camas 1, Canyon 1,685, Caribou 19, Cassia 268, Clearwater 4, Custer 5, Elmore 83, Franklin 30, Fremont 9, Gem 43, Gooding 70, Idaho 13, Jefferson 18, Jerome 254, Kootenai 663, Latah 31, Lemhi 3, Lincoln 36, Madison 45, Minidoka 224, Nez Perce 95, Oneida 8, Owyhee 64, Payette 145, Power 19, Shoshone 8, Teton 28, Twin Falls 706, Valley 24 and Washington 121.
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.
