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Jefferson Street at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center. File photo BOISE (AP) The leaders of some of Idaho's largest health care providers warned residents Aug. 4 that coronavirus cases again are again threatening to overwhelm hospitals and primary care clinics as cases climb statewide. The top medical officials with Primary Health, St. Luke's Health System and Saint Alphonsus Health System urged people to wear masks indoors and to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in an online news conference with Boise Mayor Lauren McLean. Dr. David Peterman, a pediatrician and the CEO of Primary Health Medical Group, said the number of positive coronavirus tests his clinic is seeing is comparable to what they saw in January, when statewide numbers were surging. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that communities try to keep positive case rates at 5% or less of the total population, Peterman said. The rate of positive tests being done at Primary Health&

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