Idaho officials add 5 COVID-19 deaths, but report fewer than 250 new cases Saturday Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman
Feb. 14 Idaho officials reported fewer than 250 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as cases continue to decline across the state. However, five more deaths were reported.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and local health districts reported 191 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 58 probable cases, for a total of 249 new cases on Saturday. The bulk of the confirmed cases were in Ada, Canyon and Bannock counties, which reported 64, 28 and 26 new cases, respectively.
Officials also reported five new deaths tied to COVID-19: one each in Ada (427 total), Bannock (93 total) and Washington (21 total) counties, and two in Bingham County (62 total). The Bannock County death was a man in his 60s, according to Southeastern Idaho Public Health. The agency said the Bingham County deaths were a man and a woman, each in their 60s.
Idahoâs COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations keep improving, but 9 deaths are added
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Idahoâs health districts and the Department of Health and Welfare reported just 233 new confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, continuing a weeks-long decline. With 111 new probable cases, the combined total came in at 344.
Hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 are markedly lower than numbers from the past few months, January included, when Idahoâs recovery took hold. Approximately 180 people were hospitalized across the state with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 on Wednesday, the most recent day that data was available from the Department of Health and Welfare. About 45 of those patients were in ICU units the same day, according to the state health departmentâs website.
Idaho adds 10 new COVID-19-related deaths, just over 500 combined cases on Sunday-Monday Ruth Brown, The Idaho Statesman
Feb. 2 Idaho reported 417 new confirmed coronavirus cases for Sunday and Monday, and 102 probable cases, for a two-day total of 519, as Ada and Kootenai counties continued to produce the most new positives.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare no longer updates its coronavirus website, coronavirus.idaho.gov, on Sundays, so Monday s report will cover both days.
Ada County confirmed 104 new cases on Monday, bringing the countywide total to 38,043 infections, according to Health and Welfare. Ada also reported four new COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the county s toll to a state-leading 413 people.
Idaho adds fewer than 300 COVID-19 cases Saturday as weekly average falls below 500
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Idahoâs COVID-19 case counts continued to fall Saturday, bringing the stateâs seven-day moving average of confirmed and probable cases even lower than in recent days and prompting state health officials to suspend data reporting on Sundays.
Statewide, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and local health districts reported 229 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 Saturday, along with 67 probable cases, for a total of 296 cases Saturday.
In recent weeks, the number of COVID-19 cases has dropped since reaching a peak of more than 1,500 per day in mid-December. By Saturday, the stateâs seven-day moving average of confirmed and probable cases was 479.6 cases per day â the lowest since Oct. 3.
“These vials are unpredictable,” Dr. Patrice Burgess of St. Alphonsus Health System told
Idaho Matters. “Sometimes they contain, for Pfizer, as many as five doses, sometimes as many as seven. For Moderna, sometimes ten, sometimes as many as twelve.”
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Complicating matters further, providers rarely know how many doses they ll get until a delivery arrives. Primary Health Medical Group CEO Dr. David Peterman said his clinics received about 2,000 first doses one week, and fewer than 1,000 the next. (Distribution of second doses automatically follows first doses on a three or four week timeline, depending on the manufacturer).