Idaho has lost 75 residents to coronavirus in July — including first person in their 30s
Since July 1, 75 Idahoans have lost their lives to the coronavirus, including nine new deaths announced Tuesday between Ada, Boise, Canyon, Kootenai and Twin Falls counties. There have been 20 COVID-19 deaths reported in Idaho in the past two days.
A male in his 80s became the first Boise County resident to die from the virus, according to a press release from Central District Health. Meanwhile, Ada, Canyon, Twin Falls and Kootenai counties each saw two new COVID-19 deaths.
“We express our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent COVID-19-related death in Boise County. As we see more people in rural areas of our health district affected by COVID-19, it serves as a good reminder that wearing face coverings out in public and keeping ourselves physically distanced are the greatest tools we have to help protect our fellow Idahoans at this time,” CDH District Director Russ Duke said in a press release.
“Anyone visiting our remote counties, for any reason, needs to follow this guidance to help protect people living in those areas where access to immediate health care is limited.”
The statewide death toll from the coronavirus has reached 168 with a case fatality rate of about 0.88%. According to demographics from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, one of the latest deaths was an individual in their 30s. It is the first Idaho death from the virus in a person under the age of 40. No details on the case, including where it took place, were released.
A confirmed case of COVID-19 has now been found in 42 of Idaho’s 44 counties after Eastern Idaho Public Health announced the first case in Clark County on Tuesday. The individual is a male in his 50s who acquired the virus by community transmission, according to EIPH.
Eastern Idaho Public Health, which serves Bonneville, Clark, Custer, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Madison and Teton counties, says active cases and hospitalizations in its district have each increased by more than 360% this month.
The state’s seven health districts reported a combined 432 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, increasing the statewide total to 18,010 cases since the pandemic arrived in Idaho in March.
New cases were reported in the following 30 counties: Ada (173 new, 6,936 total), Bannock (7 new, 285 total), Bear Lake (1 new, 11 total), Benewah (5 new, 38 total), Bingham (12 new, 174 total), Blaine (2 new, 550 total), Boise (1 new, 26 total), Bonner (4 new, 132 total), Bonneville (8 new, 412 total), Canyon (76 new, 4,200 total), Caribou (5 new, 27 total), Cassia (5 new, 393 total), Clark (1 new, 1 total), Clearwater (1 new, 14 total), Elmore (4 new, 148 total), Gem (6 new, 127 total), Gooding (4 new, 109 total), Idaho (1 new, 24 total), Jefferson (1 new, 77 total), Jerome (3 new, 341 total), Kootenai (39 new, 1,353 total), Madison (7 new, 97 total), Minidoka (7 new, 373 total), Owyhee (4 new, 184 total), Payette (2 new, 267 total), Shoshone (1 new, 56 total), Teton (1 new, 48 total), Twin Falls (44 new, 1,015 total), Valley (3 new, 42 total) and Washington (4 new, 162 total).
Health and Welfare also reported 21 new “probable cases,” bringing the total number of probable cases to 1,150. Additionally, 6,203 people are now considered to be “recovered” from the virus.
Daily details
Hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 783 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, 232 admissions to the ICU and 1,112 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 Tuesday, Health and Welfare reported that 171,892 tests had been completed statewide. About 10.5% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 6,936, Adams 16, Bannock 285, Bear Lake 11, Benewah 38, Bingham 174, Blaine 550, Boise 26, Bonner 132, Bonneville 412, Boundary 30, Camas 1, Canyon 4,200, Caribou 27, Cassia 393, Clark 1, Clearwater 14, Custer 7, Elmore 148, Franklin 38, Fremont 28, Gem 127, Gooding 109, Idaho 24, Jefferson 77, Jerome 341, Kootenai 1,353, Latah 67, Lemhi 7, Lincoln 43, Madison 97, Minidoka 373, Nez Perce 108, Oneida 9, Owyhee 184, Payette 267, Power 34, Shoshone 56, Teton 48, Twin Falls 1,015, Valley 42 and Washington 162.
Counties with community spread: Ada, Bannock, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Bonneville, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark, 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 28, 2020 at 6:34 PM.
