Idaho’s daily COVID-19 cases surpass 1,200 for unprecedented sixth straight day
Note: This story was originally posted at 7 p.m. Saturday and has since been updated to reflect updated information provided by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. IDHW initially did not update its website Saturday with case counts for each of the 44 counties in Idaho due to “technical difficulties.”
Idaho has added more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 in 11 of the past 12 days, including 1,365 new cases on Saturday.
With Saturday’s total, the Gem State went an unprecedented sixth consecutive day with new case totals above 1,200. The state’s seven-day moving average climbed to an all-time high of 1,289.4 cases per day.
According to an analysis of data provided by Health and Welfare, Southeastern Idaho Public Health and Eastern Idaho Public Health, the state reported 1,053 new confirmed and 312 new probable cases on Saturday along with eight new coronavirus-related deaths.
The latest deaths were in Ada (4 new, 208 total), Bannock (2 new, 22 total) and Canyon (2 new, 130 total) counties, while IDHW removed one death from Twin Falls County (67 total). The Bannock County deaths were a man in his 90s and another in his 60s, according to a news release from SIPH.
Idaho has lost 763 residents to the virus with a case fatality rate of about 0.94%.
There have been 69,709 confirmed cases reported since the start of the pandemic, plus 11,760 probable cases. Health and Welfare estimates that 34,826 of those cases have recovered.
Both Ada and Canyon counties added more than 200 new confirmed cases on Saturday. Ada County’s total grew by 256 cases to 18,395, and Canyon County’s caseload increased by 201 cases to 11,323. Kootenai County also saw a triple-digit increase with 109 new cases and 5,336 cases overall.
The other counties reporting new confirmed cases were Bannock (32 new, 2,246 total), Bear Lake (3 new, 116 total), Benewah (3 new, 216 total), Bingham (23 new, 1,526 total), Bonner (41 new, 658 total), Bonneville (69 new, 4,639 total), Boundary (1 new, 127 total), Butte (1 new, 98 total), Cassia (18 new, 1,662 total), Clark (1 new, 39 total), Clearwater (4 new, 222 total), Custer (2 new, 110 total), Elmore (1 new, 516 total), Franklin (8 new, 404 total), Fremont (4 new, 564 total), Gem (28 new, 502 total), Gooding (2 new, 603 total), Jefferson (14 new, 981 total), Jerome (17 new, 1,355 total), Latah (4 new, 1,286 total), Lemhi (3 new, 347 total), Lewis (4 new, 135 total), Lincoln (2 new, 248 total), Madison (52 new, 2,962 total), Minidoka (15 new, 1,365 total), Nez Perce (17 new, 1,488 total), Owyhee (21 new, 448 total), Payette (28 new, 1,159 total), Power (1 new, 342 total), Shoshone (6 new, 369 total), Teton (3 new, 364 total), Twin Falls (48 new, 4,849 total), Valley (1 new, 160 total) and Washington (10 new, 512 total).
Daily details
Overall hospitalizations: Health and Welfare reports that there have been 3,148 hospitalizations of people with COVID-19, 610 admissions to the ICU and 4,498 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 Nov. 13, the health system was reporting 125 patients in its hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 out of 508 patients overall. The health system reported a 14-day coronavirus test positivity rate of 22%.
Saint Alphonsus Health System: As of Nov. 13, the health system was reporting 63 patients in its hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 out of 285 patients overall. The health system reported a 14-day coronavirus test positivity rate of 23.3%.
Boise School District: The district says the following schools or units have reported confirmed COVID-19 cases among students or staff since Nov. 3: Adams Elementary (1), Amity Elementary (4), Boise High (18), Borah High, (14) Capital High (7), Collister Elementary (1), Cynthia Mann Elementary (1), District Services Center (6), East Junior High (5), Fairmont Junior High (3), Frank Church High (5), Grace Jordan Elementary (3), Hawthorne Elementary (4), Highlands Elementary (2), Hillcrest Elementary (1), Hillside Junior High (4), Horizon Elementary (4), Jefferson Elementary (2), Liberty Elementary (3), Longfellow Elementary (1), Lowell Elementary (2), Madison Early Childhood Education Center (1), Maple Grove Elementary (1), Monroe Elementary (1), Morley Nelson Elementary (1), North Junior High (9), Owyhee Elementary (1), Riverglen Junior High (8), Riverside Elementary (5), Shadow Hills Elementary (1), South Junior High (4), Taft Elementary (1), Timberline High (13), Trail Wind Elementary (1), Valley View Elementary (1), Washington Elementary (1) West Junior High (4), White Pine Elementary (2), Whitney Elementary (1), Whittier Elementary (12).
West Ada School District: The district says the following schools or units have reported confirmed COVID-19 cases among students or staff for the weeks of Oct. 25-Nov. 7: Centennial High (4), Eagle High (11), Meridian Academy (1), Meridian High (13), Mountain View High (17), Rocky Mountain High (5), Eagle Middle (2), Lewis and Clark Middle (6), Lowell Scott Middle (3), Meridian Middle (1), Pathways Middle (1), Sawtooth Middle (1), Star Middle (2), Barbara Morgan STEM (1), Cecil D. Andrus Elementary (2), Chief Joseph School of the Arts (2), Christine Donnell (1), Desert Sage Elementary (1), Discovery Elementary (1), Eagle Hills Elementary (1), Eliza Hart Spalding Stem Academy (1), Frontier Elementary (1), Galileo STEM Academy (1), Hillsdale Elementary (5), Mary McPhearson (1), McMillan Elementary (2), Meridian Elementary (1), Pepper Ridge (1), Peregrine Elementary (1), Pioneer School of the Arts (1), Pleasant View Elementary (1), Ponderosa Elementary (1), Prospect Elementary (1), River Valley Elementary (1).
Testing totals: At the end of the day Saturday, Health and Welfare reported that 427,954 people had been tested statewide. About 16.3% of those have been positive for COVID-19.
Counties with community spread: All counties except Adams have been announced to have community spread.
Counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Ada 18,395, Adams 74, Bannock 2,246, Bear Lake 116, Benewah 216, Bingham 1,526, Blaine 1,010, Boise 89, Bonner 658, Bonneville 4,639, Boundary 127, Butte 98, Camas 39, Canyon 11,323, Caribou 253, Cassia 1,662, Clark 39, Clearwater 222, Custer 110, Elmore 516, Franklin 404, Fremont 564, Gem 502, Gooding 603, Idaho 491, Jefferson 981, Jerome 1,355, Kootenai 5,336, Latah 1,286, Lemhi 347, Lewis 135, Lincoln 248, Madison 2,962, Minidoka 1,365, Nez Perce 1,488, Oneida 81, Owyhee 448, Payette 1,159, Power 342, Shoshone 369, Teton 364, Twin Falls 4,849, Valley 160, Washington 512.
This story was originally published November 14, 2020 at 7:14 PM.
