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December 21 - 5:20 p.m.
Idaho added 678 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 Monday, making it the third day in a row with fewer than 1,000 new cases. An additional 239 cases were listed as probable. The statewide total of confirmed cases is now 109,102.
After a brief dip in deaths over the weekend, Idaho added 21 deaths to its total Monday, bringing it to 1,301. Ada County reported five,both Bannock and Bonnville Counties reported three deaths and two deaths each were reported in Bingham and Kootenai Counties. The counties of Canyon, Twin Falls, Fremont, Clearwater, Nez Perce and Valley each reported one death.
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December 19 - 7 p.m.
The Department of Idaho Health and Welfare posted 851 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, 822 of which were confirmed by lab testing. Saturday was the first non-Sunday or Holiday since November 2 with fewer than 1,000 new cases. The death toll remained at 1,275 people Saturday, with one additional death reported in Canyon County and one death removed from Bonneville County s total. Eastern Idaho District Health did not specify why the fatality was changed.
Idaho s vaccination count more than doubled from it s previous update (Thursday), from 944 to 2,306. State health officials say that data can lag the actual number of vaccinations administered by as many as four days.
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December 18 - 5:30 p.m.
Idaho added 1,069 lab-confirmed coronavirus cases and another 271 probable cases on Friday. New case numbers are continuing to decrease somewhat, but remain higher than at any point since before mid-November.
Canyon and Ada counties were the two biggest hotspots this week, both tallying more than 1,000 new cases each.
The state reported 18 deaths on Friday. Four people died in both Ada and Bonneville counties, two people died in Bingham county, and one person died in each of Bannock, Bonner, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, Jefferson, Oneida, and Payette counties.
Cassia and Twin Falls counties removed one death each from yesterday’s numbers.
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Dec. 17 - 5:45 p.m.
Idaho counted another 28 deaths due to COVID-19 Thursday; case rates have begun to drop slightly.
Ada County recorded 11 deaths; seven people died in Canyon County; Gooding County reported two deaths; and one person died in each of Bannock, Bingham, Bonneville, Boundary, Gem, Minidoka, Twin Falls and Valley counties.
The state added 1,145 confirmed cases Thursday and another 281 probable cases, for a total of 1,426. Idaho has recorded 105,898 confirmed coronavirus cases during the pandemic.
Hospitalizations are still near all-time capacity limits. As of Dec. 14, the latest data available, 470 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 109 of them in the ICU.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported another 1,426 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 statewide today, raising the total since March to 126,878. Of those, health officials continue to monitor an estimated 76,301 active cases.
The coronavirus is considered a contributing factor in the deaths of 1,259 Idahoansâ27 more than yesterday, according to the state.
Based on the department s data, Blaine County gained another 12 cases since yesterday, raising local totals to 1,396 confirmed and 115 probable. According to the most recent available data, the South Central Public Health District is monitoring 221 active cases in Blaine County. The health district updated its transmission risk assessment today, indicating reduced risk in Minidoka County, down to high from critical. Camas County remained at the high designation, while Blaine, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln and Twin Falls counties all remained critical, the highest-risk category.Â