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Idaho records more than 1,700 new COVID-19 cases -- mostly in two counties Ruth Brown and Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman Dec. 23—Idaho recorded 1,272 new confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 468 new probable cases, for a total of 1,740 new cases reported in one day. Ada County reported 539 new confirmed cases, bringing the countywide total to 30,562 confirmed infections, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Boise-based Central District Health's data backlog continues to obscure what the county's daily caseload is. Ada has added 349.1 confirmed cases pe...

Ada, Kootenai counties account for half of Idaho's new COVID-19 cases Saturday Chadd Cripe, The Idaho Statesman Dec. 20—Ada and Kootenai counties continued to account for a large percentage of Idaho's new COVID-19 cases Saturday. Ada County added 262 new confirmed coronavirus cases (29,593 total), according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's daily data update. Kootenai County added 91 (10,036 total). The homes of Boise and Coeur d'Alene accounted for roughly half of the state's 704 new confirmed cases. Idaho also added 29 new probable cases Saturday for a total ...

Idaho hospitals report record COVID-19 cases in ICUs as state begins vaccinations and last updated 2020-12-19 18:54:25-05 As Idaho races to vaccinate health care workers, hospitals reported a record number of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care this week. A total of 120 COVID-19 patients were in ICUs across the state Tuesday, according to updated data the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported Friday. That number decreased to 118 patients on Wednesday, the last day data from the state was available. There were 467 Idahoans hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 on W...

Idaho won't receive as many COVID-19 vaccines as expected next week; positivity rate drops Rachel Roberts and Jacob Scholl, The Idaho Statesman Dec. 17—Idaho will not receive as many doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week as it originally expected, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Idaho's allotment for next week was reduced from 17,550 to 9,750 doses. "We don't know why it was reduced. But our focus doesn't change — health care workers will continue to receive the vaccine," IDHW said in a Twitter post. The Gem State's first shipment of the v...

Data backlog obscures true nature of Boise area's COVID-19 outbreak; 29 new deaths reported Chadd Cripe and Rachel Roberts, The Idaho Statesman Dec. 17—The data dashboard for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare shows Ada County's COVID-19 incidence rate as one of the best in the state. The daily number of new cases reported shows a raging outbreak. The problem is that Central District Health has been inundated with so many cases that it's nearly two weeks — and more than 2,500 case reports — behind in its data tracking. That means many of the 325 new confirmed cas...