Idaho’s 7-day moving average plummets as COVID cases fall; 34 new deaths, 1,192 cases
Idaho’s seven-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases fell below 700 per day for the first time since August, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare data showed Monday. The decline comes a month after caseloads hit a peak across the state, though health officials still reported more than 1,100 new cases and 34 deaths since Friday.
The moving average, which indicates how many cases have been reported each day on average over the past week, was 689 on Monday, the lowest it’s been since Aug. 26. That metric is nearly half of the moving average of 1,365 set one month ago, during the height of Idaho’s most recent surge.
Though recent data shows caseloads trending downward in Idaho, the state still reported 1,192 new COVID-19 cases since Friday. About 29% of those cases — 351 — were reported in Ada County. But the state’s most populous county saw its seven-day moving average for new cases fall to 196 per day on Monday, the first time it has been less than 200 since mid-September.
Health officials also reported 34 new deaths in the following counties: Ada (5 new, 795 total), Bannock (2 new, 192 total), Benewah (1 new, 27 total), Bonner (2 new, 105 total), Bonneville (2 new, 217 total), Boundary (2 new, 35 total), Canyon (9 new, 540 total), Caribou (1 new, 20 total), Cassia (1 new, 39 total), Gooding (1 new, 43 total), Jefferson (1 new, 46 total), Kootenai (4 new, 412 total), Lewis (1 new, 22 total), Nez Perce (1 new, 99 total) and Payette (1 new, 66 total).
To date, Idaho has reported 297,140 cases and 3,678 COVID-related deaths. More than 500 of those deaths, or about 15% of the state’s total, were reported in the past 30 days.
According to Idaho health data, nearly 13,000 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 over the duration of the pandemic, and 2,182 people with the illness have been admitted to intensive care. About 130,000 people are presumed recovered from COVID-19.
For a county-by-county breakdown of new cases and deaths, see our “What we know file” at IdahoStatesman.com.
This story was originally published November 8, 2021 at 6:47 PM.
