Ada sees 5 new coronavirus deaths, number of infected Idaho health care workers grows
As Idaho’s coronavirus numbers continue to grow, Thursday proved to be an especially hard day for Ada County and the state’s health care workers.
Ada County reported 142 confirmed cases, for a total of 9,002 across the county since the pandemic began. The county also reported five new deaths, bringing that total to 90, according to Central District Health. Ada, which has a mandatory mask rule in place and a limit of 10 people for social gatherings, leads the state in both categories.
Statewide, there were 464 newly confirmed cases on Thursday, bringing the total to 24,906. Idaho’s death count is now 256.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported another 45 health care workers infected with the virus on Thursday, bringing that statewide total to 1,584.
Canyon County, which trails only Ada in the number of people who have contracted the virus, saw a slight decrease Thursday, with 69 new cases. The county’s total is now 5,816, according to Southwest District Health.
According to Health and Welfare, there are now 1,748 “probable” cases of the coronavirus. The state also reported that 10,089 people are believed to have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
Other counties with new cases Thursday were: Nez Perce 6 new (151 total), Latah 8 new (116 total), Lewis 3 new (4 total) Bannock 16 new (456 total), Bear Lake 1 new (27 total), Bingham 13 new (324 total), Caribou 1 new (32 total), Power 4 new (68 total), Elmore 3 new (210 total), Valley 4 new (66 total), Gem 4 new (167 total), Washington 7 new (210 total), Adams 1 new (20 total), Owyhee 3 new (246 total), Payette 7 new (385 total), Twin Falls 17 new (1,345 total), Blaine 3 new (567 total), Cassia 10 new (494 total), Minidoka 14 new (471 total), Jerome 10 new (454 total), Gooding 3 new (157 total), Lincoln 2 new (54 total), Kootenai 23 new (1,916 total), Benewah 3 new (70 total), Bonner 1 new (183 total), Boundary 1 new (39 total), Shoshone 29 new (158 total), Bonneville 24 new (994 total), Custer 1 new (11 total), Fremont 4 new (80 total), Jefferson 18 new (200 total), Madison 5 new (143 total), Teton 4 new (80 total).
The South Central Public Health District released its transmission risk categories for the counties within the district on Thursday. Two counties, Cassia and Minidoka, are in the high-risk category. Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln and Twin Falls are in the moderate-risk category, and two others, Blaine and Camas, are in the minimal-risk category.
Daily details
Overall hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 1,068 hospitalizations because of the coronavirus, 302 admissions to the ICU and 1,584 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.
St. Luke’s Health System: As of Aug. 12, the hospital was reporting a 14-day coronavirus testing positivity rate of 9%, with 45 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 out of 479 patients overall.
Saint Alphonsus Health System: As of Aug. 12, the hospital was reporting a 14-day coronavirus testing positivity rate of 22.12%, with 49 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 out of 379 patients overall.
Testing totals: At the end of the day Wednesday, Health and Welfare reported that 216,473 tests had been completed statewide. About 11.5% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 9,002, Adams 20, Bannock 456, Bear Lake 27, Benewah 70, Bingham 324, Blaine 567, Boise 39, Bonner 183, Bonneville 994, Boundary 39, Butte 1, Camas 1, Canyon 5,816, Caribou 32, Cassia 494, Clark 10, Clearwater 16, Custer 11, Elmore 210, Franklin 46, Fremont 80, Gem 167, Gooding 157, Idaho 32, Jefferson 200, Jerome 454, Kootenai 1,916, Latah 116, Lemhi 32, Lewis 4, Lincoln 54, Madison 143, Minidoka 471, Nez Perce 151, Oneida 13, Owyhee 246, Payette 385, Power 68, Shoshone 158, Teton 80, Twin Falls 1,345, Valley 66 and Washington 210.
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.
This story was originally published August 13, 2020 at 6:37 PM.
