County adds 6 new COVID cases

SANDPOINT — Bonner County gained six new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, with 35 of the cases considered active. The county has had a total of 279 cases since the start of the pandemic, according to Panhandle Health District.

PHD reported that the five northern counties added 40 cases on Wednesday, with a total of 3,053 cases with 53 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Bonner County has 35 active cases, with a total of 279 cases since the start of the pandemic. PHD officials reported the county had an additional six cases on Wednesday.

Boundary County reported four additional cases Wednesday, with 54 since the start of the pandemic. Thirteen of the county's cases are considered active.

Kootenai County added 15 new cases on Wednesday, with a total of 2,381 cases since the start of the pandemic. PHD officials said 192 of the county's cases are considered active.

Shoshone County added no new cases Wednesday, keeping its total at 209 cases since the start of the pandemic. The district said 18 of those cases remain active. Benewah County added six new cases Wednesday, with 30 cases since the start of the pandemic, 21 of which are active, PHD said.

The health district said 2,774 cases are considered closed, meaning those residents are no longer being monitored, have refused monitoring or have died.

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare reported 283 new confirmed or probable infections, elevating the statewide total to 36,093 cases resulting in 429 deaths.

The Northeast Tri-County Health District in Washington state said the health district reported one new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the most recent date for which data is available. The new case was reported in Pend Oreille County.

Pend Oreille County has had 58 confirmed cases with two cases in the last 14 days. Stevens County has had 134, with eight cases reported in the past 14 days with one death since the start of the pandemic. Ferry County has has 29 cases, with four in the last 14 days.

The Montana Department of Public Health reported 190 new confirmed cases on Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 9,431 cases, 141 of which resulted in fatalities.

Lincoln County has had 105 cases since the outbreak began, with 14 of them considered active. The county has had three deaths since the start of the pandemic. The state said Sanders County has had 42 cases over the course of the pandemic, although only two of them are active. The county has had one death connected to COVID-19, Montana public health officials said.