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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 i...

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 identif...

Idaho continues its lull in COVID-19 deaths and reports 105 new cases on Saturday Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman Mar. 7—Editor's note: Following a Central District Health misclassification in Ada County's confirmed case numbers, the Idaho Statesman is now using Idaho Department of Health and Welfare numbers to report combined confirmed and probable cases each day. Idaho reported no new deaths linked to COVID-19 on Saturday and just 105 confirmed and probable cases statewide, according to Idaho Department of Health and Welfare data. To date, 1,879 Idahoans have died of...

Idaho reports just 240 coronavirus cases, no deaths. Meridian has new vaccine clinic Nicole Foy and Rachel Roberts, The Idaho Statesman Mar. 6—Idaho's state health department reported just 240 new coronavirus cases Friday, a total that includes both confirmed and probable cases. Because of a Central District Health misclassification in Ada County's confirmed case count, which the Idaho Statesman had been using, we are altering the way we do daily coronavirus updates. Starting with this update and moving forward, we will be using total case numbers (confirmed and probable com...

Data-entry error results in hundreds of misclassified COVID-19 cases in Ada County Scripps and last updated 2021-03-04 23:57:11-05 Through Thursday, Central District Health was reporting 39,529 confirmed cases and 7,603 probable cases in Ada County. Health and Welfare, however, showed Ada County with 39,988 confirmed cases and 7,165 probable cases. “We recently recognized a data-entry issue wherein some probable cases related to antigen test results were entered into the state’s system by CDH as confirmed,” district spokesperson Christine Myron wrote in an email to the Idaho St...