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On Thursday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare added 688 new COVID-19 cases and four new deaths to its statewide total. That brings the statewide total to 13,133 cases and 114 deaths.

Valley County has reported its first death. Two additional deaths came from Ada County, and one from Canyon County. The state has also recorded its first death from a patient younger than 50. Last week’s positivity rate for tests was 14.5 percent, the highest it’s been so far.