Idahoâs COVID-19 case numbers keep going down, but greater Boise area has hot spots
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Coronavirus Disease 2019
and last updated 2021-04-27 22:43:18-04
Three of the four counties under Central District Healthâs jurisdiction are currently competing for Idahoâs highest seven-day moving average incidence rate for COVID-19 cases reported per 100,000 residents.
Elmore County, which includes the city of Mountain Home, owns the highest rate statewide, at 21.8, while Boise County ranks second (16.4) and Ada County third (14.8). Elmore County had a test positivity rate of 9.6% for the week of April 11-17, which was well above the statewide positivity rate of 4.7% for the same week.
Idaho reports only 190 new COVID-19 cases, continuing downward trend. 3 deaths added Ian Max Stevenson, The Idaho Statesman
Apr. 24 The downward trend in Idaho s COVID-19 caseload continued on Friday, with the state recording 190 new cases, the lowest daily addition since March 6, according to updated data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
The state s seven-day moving average of new cases fell to 202. A month ago, that average was 302.
The bulk of new cases Friday were added in Ada (61 new, 51,078 total), Canyon (19 new, 26,240 total), Elmore (17 new, 1,952 total) and Kootenai (19 new, 17,603 total) counties. Still, in Ada County, the seven-day moving average fell to 70.6, down from 105.4 on April 12.
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Apr. 20 Idaho s seven-day moving average for new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest it s been since late June on Monday, and more than 400,000 Idahoans have been fully vaccinated against the disease.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 458 new cases Monday about 152 cases per day for Saturday, Sunday and Monday. (The state no longer provides updates on weekends.) That brought the state s seven-day moving average of probable and confirmed cases down to 219.4, meaning on average over the past week, there were 219 new cases statewide each day. That s the lowest such average since June 29, when it was 214.
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