Idaho adds 3,000 coronavirus cases in a week, surpassing 10,000 since pandemic’s start
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Confirmed coronavirus infections in Idaho increased by more than 3,000 in the space of a week as the state topped 10,000 total cases statewide on Sunday.
Data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and Eastern Idaho Public Health on Sunday showed nearly 400 additional cases across Idaho — the lowest number reported after several days of record-breaking new case numbers.
Ada County again led the state with 170 more cases reported Sunday, the 10th day in a row that cases in the county have exceeded 100.
To date, 3,927 Ada County residents have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. That’s the most of any county in the state and nearly double the number in Canyon County, which has the second-highest case count in Idaho. Canyon County added 95 cases Sunday.
Officials reported new cases in 17 other counties on Sunday: Blaine (1 new, 537 total), Boise (1 new, 9 total), Bonner (8 new, 67 total), Bonneville (9 new, 159 total), Boundary (2 new, 7 total), Elmore (6 new, 95 total), Fremont (1 new, 10 total), Gem (6 new, 58 total), Gooding (1 new, 72 total), Jefferson: (1 new, 21 total), Jerome (4 new, 264 total), Kootenai (34 new, 705 total), Madison (4 new, 51 total), Owyhee (7 new, 80 total), Payette (16 new, 166 total), Teton (1 new, 32 total), Twin Falls (14 new, 726 total).
No new deaths were reported Sunday. To date, 102 Idahoans have died of COVID-19, a case fatality rate of about 0.99%.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare added nine “probable” cases to its data dashboard Sunday, increasing the total number to 739. It also reported 1,862 new tests and 3,179 patients believed to have recovered from the disease.
Nine new hospitalizations, three new admissions to the ICU and eight new cases in health care workers were reported.
Idaho has diagnosed a total of 10,198 COVID-19 cases since March.
(Note: The Idaho Statesman normally uses reports from local health districts. Eastern Idaho Public Health was the only district to update on Sunday. The Statesman added its report to the state health department’s update.)
DAILY DETAILS
Hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports there have been 477 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, 142 admissions to the ICU and 743 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 Sunday, Health and Welfare reported that 126,393 tests had been completed statewide. About 8% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 3,927, Adams 11, Bannock 137, Bear Lake 3, Benewah 22, Bingham 85, Blaine 537, Boise 9, Bonner 67, Bonneville 159, Boundary 7, Camas 1, Canyon 2,014, Caribou 19, Cassia 284, Clearwater 4, Custer 6, Elmore 95, Franklin 30, Fremont 10, Gem 58, Gooding 72, Idaho 13, Jefferson 21, Jerome 264, Kootenai 705, Latah 31, Lemhi 3, Lincoln 37, Madison 51, Minidoka 235, Nez Perce 96, Oneida 8, Owyhee 80, Payette 166, Power 19, Shoshone 8, Teton 32, Twin Falls 726, Valley 24 and Washington 122.
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 12, 2020 at 7:24 PM.
