Idaho adds 11 coronavirus deaths — including three more in people under 60
Idaho added another 11 people to its coronavirus death toll Friday, with four in Ada County, five in Canyon County, one in Twin Falls County and one in Bonneville County.
Ada County reported 158 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the county’s total to 9,160 cases, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The county death toll increased to 94.
Ada County alone has seen nine coronavirus deaths reported in the last two days.
Canyon County reported 120 new confirmed cases of coronavirus Friday, bringing the county’s total to 5,936, according to Southwest District Health.
Canyon County has about half the population of Ada County, but on Friday the two came close to matching the number of new cases. Nearby Payette County also saw a bump Friday, with 17 new cases confirmed for a countywide total of 402 cases.
In total Friday, an analysis of the health district and state websites revealed 485 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 25,391 confirmed cases.
The state also reported 1,788 “probable cases” and 10,369 people who are believed to have recovered.
Of the deaths reported Friday, there was one person in their 40s and two more in their 50s. That marks 17 Idahoans younger than age 60 who have died of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
There have been a total of 31 deaths so far this week in Idaho, and there were 39 deaths last week. As of Friday, there have been 267 deaths statewide due to the coronavirus since the pandemic began.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare also reported 35 new health care worker infections Friday, after reporting 45 Thursday. That’s 80 people in two days, for a statewide total of 1,619 infected workers.
Other counties that reported new cases of the coronavirus include: Nez Perce 6 new (157 total), Latah 9 new (125 total) Idaho 1 new (33 total), Bannock 26 new (482 total), Bingham 16 new (340 total), Valley 2 new (68 total), Elmore 1 new (211 total), Boise 1 new (40 total), Adams 1 new (21 total), Gem 1 new (168 total), Owyhee 4 new (250 total), Washington 4 new (214 total), Kootenai 23 new (1,939 total), Bonner 3 new (186 total), Shoshone 3 new (161 total), Bonneville 52 new (1,046 total), Jefferson 8 new (208 total), Lemhi 5 new (37 total), Madison 2 new (145 total), Teton 1 new (81 total), Twin Falls 9 new (1,354 total), Blaine 2 new (569 total), Cassia 1 new (495 total), Minidoka 1 new (472 total), Jerome 5 new (459 total), Gooding 3 new (160 total).
Long-term care update
Health and Welfare released its weekly update on COVID-19 in long-term care facilities Friday.
Outbreaks at Idaho facilities increased by 14 to 136 overall, total individual cases jumped by 347 to 1,668 cases, and deaths rose by 13 to 138, with six new facilities recording a death.
Active cases increased to 1,338 at 99 facilities — up from 1,006 at 85 facilities last week. There are 38 facilities with resolved outbreaks.
Below is a list of long-term care facilities by city that have active cases of the coronavirus:
American Falls: Power County Nursing Home; Ammon: Gables Assisted Living of Ammon; Bellevue: Cove of Cascadia; Blackfoot: Willows Retirement & Assisted Living, Gem Village; Boise: Shaw Mountain, Terraces of Boise, LifeCare of Boise, Edgewood Spring Creek-Overland, Cascadia of Boise, Garden Plaza of Valley View-Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation, Garden Plaza of Valley View-The Bridge at Valley View, Aspen Valley Senior Living, State Veterans Home, Overland Court, Willow Park, Arbor Village, Arbor Valley of Cascadia, Life Care of Treasure Valley, Ashley Manor-Hyde Park, Trinity Assisted Living, Grace Memory Care, Veranda Senior Living, Edgewood Castle Hills, Edgewood Spring Creek Memory Care, Ivy Place & Amber Lane, MorningStar Memory Care at Englefield Green, Good Samaritan Society-Boise Village; Bonners Ferry: Sunset Home Assisted Living; Buhl: Desert View Care; Burley: Parke View Rehab;
Caldwell: Caldwell Care of Cascadia, Canyon West of Cascadia, Grace Assisted Living, Lenity Senior Living; Coeur d’Alene: Ivy Court, Orchard Ridge, Lacrosse Health & Rehab, North Star Assisted Living; Eagle: Paramount Parks, Foxtail, Tomorrow’s Hope-Eagle, Edgewood Spring Creek Eagle Island, Ashley Manor-Eagle House No. 2; Emmett: Apple Valley Residence, Cherry Ridge Center, River’s Edge Rehab, Cottages of Emmett; Garden City: Emerson House at Riverpointe; Hayden: Wellspring Meadows; Homedale: Owyhee Health & Rehab; Idaho Falls: Gables Assisted Living of Idaho Falls, MorningStar of Idaho Falls, Good Samaritan-Idaho Falls Village; Creekside Care Center; Kellogg: Mountain Valley of Cascadia;
Meridian: Grace Assisted Living, Creekside Transitional Care, Touchmark at Meadow Lake Village, Copper Springs, Tomorrow’s Hope-Lavin, Tomorrow’s Hope-Deb, Aspen Transitional Rehab, Harmony Hills, Tomorrow’s Hope-Sapphire, Edgewood Spring Creek Meridian; Nampa: Orchards of Cascadia, Ashley Manor-Midland, Meadow View, Southwest Idaho Treatment Center, Aging Gracefully, Sunny Ridge, Wellspring of Cascadia, Tomorrow’s Hope-Nampa, Heron Place, Streamside Assisted Living, Cascadia of Nampa, CommuniCare #7; Payette: Cottages-Payette; Pinehurst: Pacifica Senior Living; Pocatello: South Bannock Home, Independence Home, Quail Ridge, Olympus Heights Home, McCoy House Group Home;
Post Falls: Guardian Angel Homes, Life Care of Post Falls, The Bridge at Post Falls; Rexburg: Madison Carriage Cove; Sandpoint: Valley Vista Care - Sandpoint; St. Anthony: Homestead-St. Anthony; St. Maries: Valley Vista Care-St. Maries; Silverton: Good Samaritan Society-Silver Wood Village; Star: Autumn Cove; Twin Falls: Serenity Transitional Care, Ashley Manor-Parkview 1; Weiser: Indianhead Estates, Cottages of Weiser, Weiser Care of Cascadia.
Daily details
Overall hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 1,091 hospitalizations because of the coronavirus, 309 admissions to the ICU and 1,619 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. 13, the hospital was reporting a 14-day coronavirus testing positivity rate of 9%, with 47 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 out of 469 patients overall.
Saint Alphonsus Health System: As of Aug. 13, the hospital was reporting a 14-day coronavirus testing positivity rate of 21.67%, with 41 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 out of 363 patients overall.
Testing totals: At the end of the day Wednesday, Health and Welfare reported that 219,224 tests had been completed statewide. About 11.6% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 9,160, Adams 21, Bannock 482, Bear Lake 27, Benewah 70, Bingham 340, Blaine 569, Boise 40, Bonner 186, Bonneville 1,046, Boundary 39, Butte 1, Camas 1, Canyon 5,936, Caribou 32, Cassia 495, Clark 10, Clearwater 16, Custer 11, Elmore 211, Franklin 46, Fremont 80, Gem 168, Gooding 160, Idaho 33, Jefferson 208, Jerome 459, Kootenai 1,939, Latah 125, Lemhi 37, Lewis 4, Lincoln 54, Madison 145, Minidoka 472, Nez Perce 157, Oneida 13, Owyhee 250, Payette 402, Power 68, Shoshone 161, Teton 81, Twin Falls 1,354, Valley 68 and Washington 214.
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.
