More than half of Idaho’s new coronavirus cases reported Saturday are in Ada County
For only the third time this month, Idaho reported less than 300 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day.
There were 299 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus added Saturday, based on a comparison of the county-by-county case counts posted Friday by the state’s seven individual health districts and the case counts reported Saturday by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
While the statewide total showed improvement, Ada County accounted for more than half of Saturday’s new cases with 161. Ada County has a state-leading 9,321 total cases and a 14-day moving average of 127.6 cases per day.
Canyon (52 new, 5,988 total), Kootenai (34 new, 1,973 total) and Twin Falls (12 new, 1,366 total) counties were the other regions with double-digit increases Saturday. The state has reported 25,690 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
Ada and Bonneville counties each announced one new coronavirus-related death, increasing the state’s total to 269. The latest death in Bonneville County was a male in his 60s, according to Eastern Idaho Public Health. No information was provided for the 95th death in Ada County.
Idaho’s case fatality rate stands at about 0.98%. There have been 76 deaths from COVID-19 reported in August.
The other counties adding confirmed cases Saturday were Boise (1 new, 41 total), Bonneville (6 new, 1,052 total), Caribou (1 new, 33 total), Cassia (1 new, 296 total), Elmore (2 new, 213 total), Gem (1 new, 169 total), Gooding (1 new, 161 total), Idaho (1 new, 34 total), Jefferson (1 new, 209 total), Jerome (4 new, 463 total), Lemhi (3 new, 40 total), Nez Perce (2 new, 159 total), Payette (2 new, 404 total), Shoshone (5 new, 166 total), Teton (3 new, 84 total), Valley (3 new, 71 total) and Washington (5 new, 219 total). Health and Welfare removed two cases from Minidoka County, dropping its total to 470 cases.
The state also reported 1,816 “probable cases” (28 new) and 10,616 people who are believed to have recovered.
Health and Welfare updated the testing positivity rate for the week of Aug. 2-8 on its website. The state conducted 18,414 tests during that time frame with a positive rate of 11.4%.
Daily details
Overall hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 1,103 hospitalizations because of the coronavirus, 312 admissions to the ICU and 1,633 health-care workers who have been infected. 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. 14, the hospital was reporting a 14-day coronavirus testing positivity rate of 9%, with 45 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 out of 395 patients overall.
Saint Alphonsus Health System: As of Aug. 14, the hospital was reporting a 14-day coronavirus positivity testing rate of 21.41%, with 46 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 out of 361 patients overall.
Testing totals: At the end of the day Saturday, Health and Welfare reported that 221,406 tests had been completed statewide. About 11.6% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 9,321, Adams 21, Bannock 482, Bear Lake 27, Benewah 70, Bingham 340, Blaine 569, Boise 41, Bonner 186, Bonneville 1,052, Boundary 39, Butte 1, Camas 1, Canyon 5,988, Caribou 33, Cassia 496, Clark 10, Clearwater 16, Custer 11, Elmore 213, Franklin 46, Fremont 80, Gem 169, Gooding 161, Idaho 34, Jefferson 209, Jerome 463, Kootenai 1,973, Latah 125, Lemhi 40, Lewis 4, Lincoln 54, Madison 145, Minidoka 470, Nez Perce 159, Oneida 13, Owyhee 250, Payette 404, Power 68, Shoshone 166, Teton 84, Twin Falls 1,366, Valley 71 and Washington 219.
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 15, 2020 at 7:27 PM.
