Idaho adds more than 350 confirmed COVID cases for first time in more than two weeks
For the first time since Sept. 1, Idaho has reported more than 350 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day.
The state’s seven public health districts announced a combined 368 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus statewide on Friday after going 14 consecutive days with less than 300 cases per day.
Idaho’s seven-day moving average of confirmed and probable cases was down to 233.9 on Sept. 9, but it has since climbed to 281.3 as of Friday.
There were also four new deaths from COVID-19 reported between Ada, Bonneville, Canyon and Nez Perce counties. Idaho has lost 439 residents to the virus with a case fatality rate of about 1.18%. According to updated demographics from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, the latest deaths were all individuals 70 or older. The Bonneville County death was a male in his 90s, according to Eastern Idaho Public Health.
Ada County added 72 new confirmed cases to increase its state-leading total to 11,278 cases, according to Boise-based Central District Health. But it was Eastern Idaho Public Health that reported the largest increase of any district with 109 new cases, including 65 in Bonneville County (1,967 total).
Eight other counties also saw increases of 10 more cases — Kootenai (37 new, 2,432 total), Canyon (26 new, 7,386 total), Twin Falls (19 new, 1,790 total), Bingham (19 new, 788 total), Madison (18 new, 356 total), Jefferson (17 new, 390 total), Bannock (12 new, 866 total) and Latah (11 new, 297 total).
The remaining counties reporting new confirmed cases on Friday were Benewah (3 new, 136 total), Blaine (4 new, 601 total), Bonner (8 new, 265 total), Camas (2 new, 15 total), Caribou (3 new, 81 total), Cassia (5 new, 571 total), Clark (2 new, 26 total), Custer (1 new, 46 total), Elmore (1 new, 253 total), Fremont (5 new, 136 total), Gem (1 new, 243 total), Gooding (2 new, 222 total), Idaho (1 new, 84 total), Jerome (7 new, 632 total), Lincoln (1 new, 68 total), Minidoka (8 new, 576 total), Oneida (1 new, 20 total), Payette (7 new, 710 total), Power (6 new, 195 total), Shoshone (1 new, 210 total), Teton (1 new, 126 total) and Washington (2 new, 307 total).
Since the start of the pandemic, 34,171 Idahoans have tested positive for the coronavirus. Health and Welfare reported 3,058 “probable” cases (58 new). IDHW estimates that of those infected, 19,915 people are presumed recovered.
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 four to 166 overall, total individual cases jumped by 127 to 2,424 cases, and deaths rose by 16 to 243, with four new facilities recording a death.
Active cases decreased slightly to 1,622 at 76 facilities — down from 1,629 at 77 facilities last week. There are 90 facilities with resolved outbreaks.
Below is a list of long-term care facilities by city that have active cases of the coronavirus:
Ammon: Gables Assisted Living of Ammon; Blackfoot: Gem Village Assisted Living; Boise: Shaw Mountain of Cascadia, Terraces of Boise, Life Care of Boise, Edgewood Spring Creek-Overland, Cascadia of Boise, Garden Plaza of Valley View-Valley View Nursing & Rehab, Garden Plaza of Valley View-The Bridge at Valley View, Overland Court Senior Living, Willow Park Senior Living, Arbor Village at Hillcrest, Arbor Valley of Cascadia, Life Care of Treasure Valley, Trinity Assisted Living, Grace Memory Care, Veranda Senior Living-Barber Station, MorningStar Memory Care at Englefield Green, Good Samaritan Society-Boise Village, Grace Assisted Living at State St., Avamere Transitional Care, Park Place Assisted Living of Boise;
Burley: Mini Cassia Care Center; Caldwell: Canyon West of Cascadia, Grace Assisted Living, Lenity Senior Living; Challis: Diamond Peak Health Care of Challis; Coeur d’Alene: Ivy Court, Lacrosse Health & Rehab; Eagle: Paramount Parks; Emmett: Apple Valley Residence, Cherry Ridge Center; Fruitland: Edgewood Spring Creek Fruitland; Garden City: Emerson House at Riverpointe; Homedale: Owyhee Health & Rehab; Idaho Falls: Gables Assisted Living of Idaho Falls, Tambree Meadows Assisted Living, Life Care Center of Idaho Falls, Yellowstone Group Home No. 1, Teton Post-Acute Care and Rehab; Jerome: Desano Place; Kellogg: Mountain Valley of Cascadia; Kimberly: Oak Creek;
Lewiston: The Orchards, State Veterans Home-Lewiston; Meridian: Creekside Transitional Care, Touchmark at Meadow Lake Village, Copper Springs Senior Living, Aspen Transitional Rehab, Edgewood Spring Creek Meridian, Golden Years Oak Crest, The Cottages-Meridian, Veranda Senior Living-Paramount; Moscow: Good Samaritan Society-Moscow Village; Nampa: Orchards of Cascadia, Meadow View Nursing & Rehab, Heron Place, Streamside Assisted Living, Cascadia of Nampa, CommuniCare No. 7, Communicare No. 1 Gem, Grace Assisted Living-Nampa, Southwest Idaho Treatment Center; Payette: The Cottages-Payette, Royal Villa Care Center;
Pocatello: Quail Ridge, Gateway Transitional Care Center; Post Falls: Life Care of Post Falls, The Bridge at Post Falls; Preston: Franklin County Transitional Care; Rexburg: Madison Carriage Cove; Rupert: Countryside Care and Rehab; Shoshone: Lincoln County Care Center; Twin Falls: Grace Assisted Living-Twin Falls, Brookdale Twin Falls; Weiser: Weiser Care of Cascadia, Communicare No. 6 Weiser.
DAILY DETAILS
Overall hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 1,701 hospitalizations of people with COVID-19, 441 admissions to the ICU and 2,542 health care workers 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 Sept. 17, the health system was reporting 32 patients in its hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 out of 426 patients overall. The health system reported a 14-day coronavirus test positivity rate of 7%.
Saint Alphonsus Health System: As of Sept. 17, the health system was reporting 25 patients in its hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 out of 382 patients overall. The health system reported a 14-day coronavirus test positivity rate of 9.4%.
Boise School District: The district says the following schools have reported confirmed COVID-19 cases among students or staff since Aug. 17: Adams Elementary (2 cases), Boise Online School (1), Borah High (4), Hillcrest Elementary (1), Maple Grove Elementary (2), Roosevelt Elementary (1), South Junior High (1), West Junior High (1).
Testing totals: At the end of the day Friday, Health and Welfare reported that 285,137 people had been tested statewide. About 12% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 11,278, Adams 25, Bannock 866, Bear Lake 41, Benewah 136, Bingham 788, Blaine 601, Boise 51, Bonner 265, Bonneville 1,967, Boundary 47, Butte 26, Camas 15, Canyon 7,386, Caribou 81, Cassia 571, Clark 26, Clearwater 28, Custer 46, Elmore 253, Franklin 77, Fremont 136, Gem 243, Gooding 222, Idaho 84, Jefferson 390, Jerome 632, Kootenai 2,432, Latah 297, Lemhi 54, Lewis 11, Lincoln 68, Madison 356, Minidoka 576, Nez Perce 359, Oneida 20, Owyhee 293, Payette 710, Power 201, Shoshone 210, Teton 126, Twin Falls 1,790, Valley 80, Washington 307.
Counties with community spread: All counties except Adams, Butte and Franklin have been announced to have community spread.
This story was originally published September 18, 2020 at 6:49 PM.
