County adds 3 COVID cases

SANDPOINT — Bonner County added three COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the county's total to 242 cases, 26 of which are considered active.

Panhandle Health reports the five northern counties have a total of 2,893 cases with 50 deaths.

Boundary County’s novel coronavirus case count stayed stable with only one new case reported in the past week. There have been 45 cases reported in the county since the start of the pandemic with one death. Four of the county’s cases are considered active.

Kootenai County has 2,279 cases since the start of the pandemic, 219 of which remain active, according to PHD.

Shoshone County has a total of 205 COVID-19 cases. The district said 42 of those cases remain active. Benewah County has had 120 cases since the start of the pandemic, 20 of which are active, PHD said.

There are j0 new case involving a Panhandle resident whose primary county of residency is undetermined. There have been two such case, one of which is considered active, the district said.

The health district said 2,581 cases are considered closed, meaning those residents are no longer being monitored, have refused monitoring or have died.

The virus, which causes COVID-19, is blamed for 50 deaths in four of the five northern counties.

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare reported 329 new confirmed or probable infections, elevating the statewide total to 34,309 cases resulting in 406 deaths.

The Northeast Tri-County Health District in Washington state that Pend Oreille County has had 57 confirmed cases, while Stevens County has had 130, one of which proved fatal. Ferry County has has 29 cases.

There have been 16 new infections in the three counties in the last 14 days, according to NETCHD. Four of those cases turned up in Pend Oreille County, the district said.

The Montana Department of Public Health reported that Lincoln County has had 100 cases since the outbreak began, though only 11 of them are active. The state said Sanders County has had 41 cases over the course of the pandemic, although only seven of them are active, Montana public health officials said.