Canyon County accounts for nearly half of Sunday’s new coronavirus cases in Idaho
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Nearly half of Idaho’s new daily coronavirus cases reported Sunday were in Canyon County, according to data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Statewide, Idaho added 155 new cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. Per usual, some Idaho health districts did not update their data Sunday, leading to a lower-than-average statewide total days after Idaho showed a potentially promising downturn in its average daily case count. On Friday and Saturday, the 14-day moving average for the state fell below 400 new daily cases for the first time since July 11.
Canyon County reported the most new cases Sunday with 63. That brings the county total to 6,451 since the start of the pandemic. Ada County also added numbers in the double digits, reporting 31 new infections. With 9,944 total infections, Ada County is poised to exceed 10,000 total cases of COVID-19 in the coming week.
Thirteen other counties reported new cases on Sunday: Adams (1 new, 24 total), Blaine (1 new, 577 total), Bonneville (15 new, 1,277 total), Fremont (3 new, 88 total), Gooding (2 new, 174 total), Jefferson (8 new, 268 total), Jerome (6 new, 505 total), Madison (6 new, 178 total), Minidoka (1 new, 489 total), Payette (5 new, 499 total), Teton (1 new, 102 total), Twin Falls (11 new, 1,439 total) and Washington (1 new, 241 total).
IDHW also reported 13 “probable” cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total to 2,038 probable cases. Officials report 12,867 people are believed to have recovered from the disease. There have been 27,869 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Idaho since mid-March.
The Department of Health and Welfare did not report any new deaths Sunday. To date, 307 Idaho residents have died from COVID-19.
DAILY DETAILS
Overall hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 1,256 hospitalizations because of the coronavirus, 347 admissions to the ICU and 1,816 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. 22, the hospital was reporting a 14-day coronavirus testing positivity rate of 8%, with 45 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 out of 419 patients overall.
Saint Alphonsus Health System: As of Aug. 22, the hospital was reporting a 14-day coronavirus positivity testing rate of 17.3%, with 45 patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 out of 321 patients overall.
Testing totals: At the end of the day Saturday, Health and Welfare reported that 236,547 tests had been completed statewide. About 11.8% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 9,944, Adams 24, Bannock 556, Bear Lake 35, Benewah 85, Bingham 388, Blaine 577, Boise 45, Bonner 191, Bonneville 1,277, Boundary 42, Butte 4, Camas 2, Canyon 6,451, Caribou 34, Cassia 518, Clark 13, Clearwater 19, Custer 18, Elmore 221, Franklin 48, Fremont 88, Gem 184, Gooding 174, Idaho 39, Jefferson 268, Jerome 505, Kootenai 2,047, Latah 168, Lemhi 50, Lewis 6, Lincoln 56, Madison 178, Minidoka 489, Nez Perce 211, Oneida 15, Owyhee 264, Payette 499, Power 98, Shoshone 181, Teton 102, Twin Falls 1,439, Valley 75 and Washington 241.
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.
