As 7-day average climbs, Idaho reports 449 new coronavirus cases, 75 in Ada County
Idaho’s health districts reported 449 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total number to 37,501 since the pandemic reached the state six months ago.
Latah County, home to the University of Idaho, saw a noteworthy increase on Monday, reporting 54 new confirmed cases to bring its total number to 453, according to the Idaho North Central District.
Ada County saw 75 new confirmed cases on Monday, bringing its state-leading total to 11,816, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Idaho’s seven-day moving average stood at 438 new cases a day on Monday, the highest it has been since Aug. 14.
The state also reported 3,651 probable cases on Monday, and 21,796 people are “presumed” to have recovered, according to Health and Welfare.
As the statewide case count grows, Madison County continues to be a hot spot, gaining 31 new cases on Monday for a total of 651 in the East Idaho county.
Canyon County, which has the second-highest total in the state, saw only 22 new confirmed cases on Monday, according to Southwest District Health. Its total now sits at 7,688.
Idaho has seen 460 deaths related to COVID-19, with no new deaths Monday.
Other counties that reported new cases Monday include: Nez Perce 4 (407 total), Idaho 4 (191 total), Clearwater 3 (45 total), Lewis 6 (21 total), Bannock 17 (998 total), Bingham 12 (917 total), Butte 2 (33 total), Caribou 3 (101 total), Franklin 5 (123 total), Power 6 (238 total), Elmore 3 (266 total), Gem 1 (293 total) Owyhee -1 (299 total), Payette 5 (769 total), Washington 2 (337 total), Kootenai 33 (2,662 total), Bonner 6 (306 total), Bonneville 15 (2,242 total) Fremont -1 (181 total), Jefferson 3 (482 total), Lemhi 9 (82 total), Teton 2 (155 total), Twin Falls 68 (2,052 total), Jerome 11 (673 total), Cassia 13 (666 total), Blaine 15 (649 total), Minidoka 17 (638 total), Gooding 3 (240 total), Camas 1 (28 total).
University of Idaho outbreak
U of I President Scott Green wrote a memo Monday saying the university identified several hot spots on Greek Row last week that resulted in eight fraternity-sorority chapters being placed in quarantine.
“Our infection rate for tests last week increased to 11.94%, but tests were targeted to known hot spots on Greek Row,” Green wrote. “Currently, the number of active positives is about 1% of the total Moscow-based U of I community, including students and employees.”
Green said faculty preferring to teach online this week may do so, but in-person instruction might be required by next Monday, Oct. 5.
Since the Moscow university started COVID-19 testing on Aug. 6, it has completed approximately 10,000 tests, Green said, and the overall positive rate is now 1.81%
DAILY DETAILS
Overall hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 1,832 hospitalizations of people with COVID-19, 454 admissions to the ICU and 2,748 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. 27, the health system was reporting 25 patients in its hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 out of 390 patients overall. The health system reported a 14-day coronavirus test positivity rate of 7%.
Saint Alphonsus Health System: As of Sept. 27, the health system was reporting 21 patients in its hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 out of 343 patients overall. The health system reported a 14-day coronavirus test positivity rate of 8.4%.
Boise School District: The district says the following schools or units have reported confirmed COVID-19 cases among students or staff since Sept. 22: Borah High School (2 cases), Boise Online school (1), Hawthorne Elementary (1) and Hillside Junior High (1).
Testing totals: At the end of the day Monday, Health and Welfare reported that 304,891 people had been tested statewide. About 12.3% 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 11,816, Adams 27, Bannock 998, Bear Lake 46, Benewah 142, Bingham 917, Blaine 649, Boise 55, Bonner 306, Bonneville 2,242, Boundary 47, Butte 33, Camas 28, Canyon 7,688, Caribou 101, Cassia 666, Clark 28, Clearwater 45, Custer 59, Elmore 266, Franklin 123, Fremont 181, Gem 293, Gooding 240, Idaho 191, Jefferson 482, Jerome 673, Kootenai 2,662, Latah 453, Lemhi 82, Lewis 21, Lincoln 72, Madison 651, Minidoka 638, Nez Perce 407, Oneida 24, Owyhee 299, Payette 769, Power 238, Shoshone 213, Teton 155, Twin Falls 2,052, Valley 86, Washington 337.
This story was originally published September 28, 2020 at 6:58 PM.
