Idaho County’s coronavirus caseload doubles; 6 deaths added, over 400 new cases statewide
Idaho County saw the largest leap in coronavirus cases on Monday, reporting 90, and the state saw a spike it has not seen in nearly three weeks.
Idaho County’s total is now 175 cases, up from 85 on Sunday, according to Idaho North Central District. The rapid increase was partly the result of an outbreak at an Idaho County prison. The Idaho Department of Correction said Monday that on Sept. 16, the prison tested everyone who lives and works at the North Idaho Correctional Institution. The prison can hold more than 400 men, not including staff.
Of those tested, 88 inmates and three staff members were positive, IDOC spokesman Jeff Ray said.
With 423 new cases reported Monday, Idaho now stands at 34,926 total. The state had seen more than 300 cases just once in the past 17 days, and that came last Friday. Some districts don’t report cases on Sundays, which can lead to bigger numbers on Mondays.
A Clearwater County state prison also accounted for a couple of Idaho County’s new cases. On Sept. 17, IDOC tested all staff and inmates at Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino, and one inmate and one staffer tested positive. The men’s prison can hold up to 580 men, not including staff.
In total Monday, Clearwater County reported four new cases, for a total of 32.
There were six new deaths from COVID-19 reported Monday, bringing the statewide death toll to 447. Custer County reported its first COVID-19 death, a woman older than 90, according to Eastern Idaho Public Health.
Bear Lake County also reported its first COVID-19 death, a man in his 80s, according to Southeastern Idaho Public Health. Washington County reported a new death, bringing its toll to five people.
Ada County reported a new COVID-19 death as well, bringing the county death toll to 145 people. Kootenai County reported two new COVID-19 deaths (35 total).
Ada County saw 56 new cases on Monday, bringing its total to 11,394 cases, according to Health and Welfare. That brings the seven-day average for Ada County to 46.6 — a 35% increase in the past week.
Canyon County saw 23 new cases on Monday, bringing the county total to 7,455, according to Southwest District Health.
Other counties with new cases reported included: Nez Perce 11 (372 total), Latah 17 (314 total), Lewis -1 (11 total), Gem 4 (249 total), Payette 1 (719 total), Washington 4 (315 total), Valley 1 (81 total), Elmore 1 (256 total) Twin Falls 43 (1,864 total), Jerome 2 (638 total), Blaine 8 (612 total), Minidoka 11 (585 total), Cassia 5 (581 total), Camas 1 (17 total), Kootenai 30 (2,479 total), Benewah 1 (137 total), Bonner 10 (279 total), Shoshone 1 (211 total) Bannock 13 (894 total), Bingham 13 (816 total), Caribou 1 (85 total), Franklin 2 (86 total), Power 2 (212 total), Bonneville 19 (2,029 total), Clark 1 (26 total), Custer 4 (50 total), Fremont 4 new (146 total), Jefferson 11 (410 total), Lemhi 4 (58 total), Madison 24 (409 total), Teton 2 (128 total).
Health and Welfare also recorded 3,160 “probable” cases of the coronavirus since the pandemic began and 20,485 people are presumed to have recovered.
DAILY DETAILS
Overall hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 1,726 hospitalizations of people with COVID-19, 446 admissions to the ICU and 2,579 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. 20, the health system was reporting 32 patients in its hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 out of 372 patients overall. The health system reported a 14-day coronavirus test positivity rate of 6%.
Saint Alphonsus Health System: As of Sept. 20, the health system was reporting 19 patients in its hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 out of 321 patients overall. The health system reported a 14-day coronavirus test positivity rate of 8.3%.
Boise School District: The district says the following schools or units 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), Riverglen Junior High/Treasure Valley Math and Science Center (1), Roosevelt Elementary (1), South Junior High (1), West Junior High (1), District Services Center/Food Services/Facilities and Operations/Transportation (1).
Testing totals: At the end of the day Monday, Health and Welfare reported that 290,911 people had been tested statewide. About 12% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with community spread: All counties except Adams, Butte and Franklin have been announced to have community spread.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 11,394, Adams 27, Bannock 894, Bear Lake 44, Benewah 137, Bingham 816, Blaine 612, Boise 52, Bonner 279, Bonneville 2,029, Boundary 47, Butte 27, Camas 17, Canyon 7,455, Caribou 85, Cassia 581, Clark 26, Clearwater 32, Custer 50, Elmore 256, Franklin 86, Fremont 146, Gem 249, Gooding 223, Idaho 175, Jefferson 410, Jerome 638, Kootenai 2,479, Latah 314, Lemhi 58, Lewis 11, Lincoln 68, Madison 409, Minidoka 585, Nez Perce 372, Oneida 20, Owyhee 293, Payette 719, Power 212, Shoshone 211, Teton 128, Twin Falls 1,864, Valley 81, Washington 315.
This story was originally published September 21, 2020 at 7:44 PM.
