Over the weekend, Idaho surpassed 100,000 known COVID-19 cases. On Monday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare added 1,214 cases and 9 deaths to its statewide total. That brings the statewide total to 101,698 known cases and 929 deaths.
Monday’s deaths include two people who were in their 40s.
Last week, Idaho once again broke records for hospitalizations and ICU admissions, with 470 people hospitalized statewide, and 110 people admitted to the ICU.
Idaho’s positivity rate of 19 percent is also the highest it’s been since the start of the pandemic.