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 arrives at COVID-19 vaccination milestone; state adds 209 new cases, no deaths Rachel Roberts, The Idaho Statesman
May 5 More than half a million Idahoans are officially fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Data from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare shows that 504,388 people were fully vaccinated as of Tuesday. That equates to about 36% of the state s eligible population (16 and older). The state has administered 1,080,893 doses in all, with 43.5% of the population having received at least one dose.
The vaccination milestone coincides with the continued decrease in the state s seven-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases, which stayed below 200 cases per day for the second consecutive day, at 174.1.
Idaho COVID-19 case numbers remain lower, despite hot spots in eastern part of state Nicole Foy and Rachel Roberts, The Idaho Statesman
Mar. 13 Idaho s state health department reported just 333 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases Friday, continuing a week of relatively stable numbers.
The Treasure Valley s case numbers remained better, too, with Ada County reporting just 71 new cases (47,686 total) and Canyon County only 31 (25,006 total).
Some counties in East Idaho still bear watching, given their population. In a Friday afternoon tweet, Health and Welfare identified three such counties as the state s hot spots, with 89 new cases in Bonneville (12,971 total), 24 in Madison (6,551 total) and 11 in Jefferson (2,581 total) on Friday. They were pegged by Health and Welfare because of high infection rates, with 7-day moving average incidence rates of 64.8, 43.3 and 40.7 per 100,000 people, respectively.