Idaho added only 149 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, continuing a recent trend, but state health experts said the number of variant cases is increasing.
Idaho reports 192 COVID-19 cases, 1 death; data show hospitalization, testing jumps Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
May 27 Idaho health officials on Wednesday reported one new death from COVID-19 and 192 new cases. Idaho Department of Health and Welfare data also appeared to show jumps in hospitalization and ICU admittance numbers.
Canyon County reported the highest number of new cases on Wednesday, with 42. Ada County reported 38 new cases. To date, Health and Welfare has recorded 191,738 cases of COVID-19 statewide.
Officials reported a single COVID-19-related death in Bonneville County, bringing the county total to 170. Eastern Idaho Public Health said the death was a woman in her 70s. Idaho has reported 2,088 deaths related to COVID-19.
Idaho s COVID-19 vaccine rates still among lowest in the U.S.; state reports 6 deaths Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
May 25 Idaho health officials on Monday reported 329 new cases of COVID-19 and six deaths in a state that has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country.
The 329 new cases reported since Friday are in line with case numbers in recent days, with a quarter of the new cases reported in Ada County (52,644 total).
Officials also reported six new deaths related to COVID-19. One new death was reported in each of the following counties: Bannock (110 total), Canyon (299 total), Jefferson (31 total), Kootenai (210 total), Lewis (10 total) and Owyhee (30 total). To date, 2,086 Idahoans have died of COVID-19.
Idaho sees COVID-19 cases increase Wednesday, with hospitalizations up as well
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After a technological error delayed the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare from posting its daily COVID-19 statistics until around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, the state reported a surge of cases, adding 437.
The bulk of new cases were added in Ada (140 new, 50,436 total), Canyon (45 new, 26,015 total), and Kootenai (54 new, 17,430 total) counties.
The state also added six deaths, and recorded one of the largest spikes in hospitalizations to date, with 172 new hospitalizations reported (7,929 total). There were 38 new ICU hospitalizations (1,362 total).
Idaho sees big day-to-day drop in COVID-19 cases, also shows positivity rate decline Ian Max Stevenson and Jim Keyser, The Idaho Statesman
Apr. 16 A spike in coronavirus cases on Wednesday proved to be a blip for Idaho.
The Department of Health and Welfare reported only 210 new cases Thursday, just about half the total of the day before, but the state did add nine COVID-19-related deaths. This week saw Idaho reach 2,000 deaths during the pandemic, and the total number now stands at 2,015.
There was good news on the state s positivity rate, with the latest data showing that it dropped to 4.8% for the week of April 4-10. The rate indicates the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive, and health experts target a rate of less than 5% to show good control over coronavirus spread. For the week of March 28-April 3, Idaho s rate had risen to 5.6%, the highest percentage since early February.