Idaho COVID cases top 20,000 as state reports lowest number of new cases in a month
Idaho reported its lowest daily number of new coronavirus infections in more than a month Sunday, though the added cases were enough to push the statewide total to more than 20,000 since the start of the pandemic.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare on Sunday reported 218 new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. That’s the lowest number since June 27, when 116 additional cases were reported. It’s likely the low Sunday numbers are due to a low number of returned tests — the results of only 1,026 tests were recorded Sunday. That’s the lowest daily number of tests reported since late June, when IDHW reported no new test results on two different days. Twenty-one percent of the tests reported Sunday were positive, a higher rate than most days in recent weeks.
Since the start of the pandemic, 20,148 Idahoans have been diagnosed with the disease. IDHW also reported 12 “probable” cases Sunday, bringing that total to 1,277.
Canyon County had the highest number of new infections Sunday with 90 reported. In total, there have been 4,969 cases of COVID-19 in Canyon County. Ada County added 36, bringing its total to 7,571 — the highest in the state.
Bonneville and Fremont counties also added new cases in the double digits. Bonneville added 27, bringing the countywide total to 619. Fremont added 12, bringing the county total to 54.
Eighteen other counties added cases Sunday: Cassia: (4 new, 428 total), Clark (1 new, 3 total), Elmore (1 new, 195 total), Gem (1 new, 141 total), Gooding (3 new, 122 total), Jefferson (3 new, 119 total), Jerome (6 new, 376 total), Kootenai (4 new, 1,567 total), Lincoln (2 new, 46 total), Madison (3 new, 107 total), Minidoka (5 new, 401 total), Owyhee (2 new, 216 total), Payette (4 new, 302 total), Shoshone (1 new, 74 total), Teton (2 new, 56 total), Twin Falls (9 new, 1,091 total), Valley (1 new, 44 total) and Washington (1 new, 177 total).
No new deaths were reported Sunday, breaking the six-day streak of multiple deaths reported statewide. In the past week, officials reported 49 of the state’s 197 deaths.
DAILY DETAILS
Hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 874 hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, 253 admissions to the ICU and 1,252 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 Saturday, Health and Welfare reported that 184,060 tests had been completed statewide. About 10.9% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 7,571, Adams 17, Bannock 323, Bear Lake 12, Benewah 41, Bingham 207, Blaine 554, Boise 31, Bonner 147, Bonneville 619, Boundary 34, Camas 1, Canyon 4,696, Caribou 29, Cassia 428, Clark 3, Clearwater 14, Custer 7, Elmore 195, Franklin 41, Fremont 54, Gem 141, Gooding 122, Idaho 29, Jefferson 119, Jerome 376, Kootenai 1,567, Latah 73, Lemhi 11, Lincoln 46, Madison 107, Minidoka 401, Nez Perce 115, Oneida 10, Owyhee 216, Payette 302, Power 47, Shoshone 74, Teton 56, Twin Falls 1,091, Valley 44 and Washington 177.
Counties with community spread: Ada, Bannock, Bear Lake, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Bonneville, Boundary, 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, Shoshone, Teton, Twin Falls, Valley and Washington.
Editor’s note: This story was updated Aug. 13 to correct the total number of new cases for the day to 218.
This story was originally published August 2, 2020 at 5:51 PM.
