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WESTERN TREASURE VALLEY — As COVID-19 vaccine eligibility increases with supplies, the rate of the disease’s spread within Idaho’s long-term care facilities continue to decrease. According to the latest weekly
Idahoâs COVID-19 case counts, hospitalizations keep improving, but 9 deaths are added Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Coronavirus Disease 2019 and last updated 2021-02-13 00:26:16-05 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 wer...
WESTERN TREASURE VALLEY â New COVID-19 cases in Idaho are down over 75% from their Dec. 9 peak of 2,298. While such decrease reflects in the Idaho Department of Health & Welfareâs long-term care facilities report for Jan. 29, the report indicates thereâs still a long way to go. As of Friday, 313 facilities across Idaho have reported a total of 8,596 cases. This reflects an increase of 103 new cases and one new outbreak since the departmentâs Jan. 22 report. Presently, 6,180 people associated with 175 facilities have the disease. A total of 688 COVID-19 related deaths are a...
Idaho COVID-19 hospitalizations drop again to October level; state adds 11 more deaths Nicole Foy and Rachel Roberts, The Idaho Statesman Jan. 23—Idaho's coronavirus situation continues to improve across several metrics as the state's vaccination rollout continues. The number of Idahoans hospitalized with COVID-19 dropped again to 252 on Wednesday — the fewest people hospitalized since Oct. 20. There were 67 people hospitalized in intensive care units Wednesday, the last day the data was available. The state's seven-day case average also dropped to October levels at 615.1....
Idaho gets more vaccine doses starting next week; state adds more than 1,100 COVID-19 cases Nicole Foy, Jacob Scholl, and Rachel Roberts, The Idaho Statesman Jan. 16—Despite news that states won't be receiving a promised release of second vaccine doses, Idaho health officials said the state will start receiving a slight increase in the overall number of doses from the federal government next week. Idaho will begin receiving about 950 extra doses starting next week, state health officials said, for a total of 20,950 doses each week "for the forseeable future." That's about a ...