On Thursday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare added 718 new cases and 1 new death to its statewide total. That brings the statewide total to 50,610 known cases and 517 deaths.
On Thursday, Gov. Brad Little announced that, yet again, Idaho did not meet the criteria to advance past Stage 4 of Reopening Idaho. The state fell short on its hospitalization metrics.
Currently, there are more than 50 ICU COVID patients. That’s more than twice as many as the state’s goal of 25 at any given time.
