This is our most recent format for reporting COVID-19 cases. We’ve decided to focus on Latah County moving forward as University of Idaho prepares to reopen for the fall semester. For statewide information prior to Aug. 5, view our retired cases page.

We provide information on statewide, nationwide and worldwide counts for context, but add additional detail for our Latah County coverage.

Latah County Idaho, U.S. and world information on this page was last updated: 6:21 p.m. Dec. 18
Gritman Medical Center information on this page was last updated: 4:37 p.m. Dec. 17
University of Idaho information on this page was last updated: 5:00 p.m. Dec. 15

University of Idaho

UI does not publish the all positive test results or keep a running total of all confirmed COVID-19 cases. Instead, it only publishes currently infectious COVID-19 cases each week.

Dec. 5 to Dec. 11 infectious positive cases: 12
Total tests completed: 22,856
Percent positive test results (total): 2.77%
Percent positive test results (Dec. 5 to Dec. 11): 3.01%

University of Idaho began reporting COVID-19 cases found through Moscow-based testing of employees and students on Aug. 14.

We report UI-related COVID-19 case numbers based on the numbers listed on the UI COVID-19 website. These cases once per week, so our data for UI will only change once per week unless otherwise noted. The next update will be posted Dec. 21, according to the website.

“This is not necessarily inclusive of all positive cases in people associated with (UI),” the website stated. “The numbers below are a snap shot update for the time period described, and are now reported using the Idaho Public Health guidelines, but may not match the official reporting of Idaho Public Health. In an effort to produce timely reporting, these numbers may include some people who were known to previously be positive and have already completed their required quarantine period and are no longer infectious. These people are not included in the public health reporting.”

The numbers reported by UI include UI employees and students but do not reflect the number of swabs collected, the total number of individual people tested or the number of infectious cases, according to the website.

Gritman Medical Center

Total test results: 33,826
7-day positivity rate: 6.83% (62 positives out of 908 tests)
14-day positivity rate: 8.63% (159 positives out of 1,842 tests)
Total patients admitted to inpatient care who tested positive for COVID-19: 26

Gritman Medical Center releases information about COVID-19 activity in Latah County via press releases. This information is from the most recent press release, sent on Dec. 18. The data in this report was accurate as of Dec. 17.

Latah County

Confirmed cases: 2,043
Probable cases: 111
Active cases: 507
Deaths: 3
Recovered cases: 1,932

Latah County confirmed its first COVID-19 case on April 1. Community spread was confirmed in Latah County on July 1.

We report COVID-19 case numbers based on the numbers listed on the Public Health – Idaho North Central District site. These cases are reported Monday through Friday, so our data for Latah County will not change on weekends. PH-INCD reported 19 new cases in Latah County on Dec. 18.

Demographics:

Male: 998 | Female: 1,017

0-4 years old: 19 | 5-12 years old: 52 | 13-17 years old: 85 | 18-29 years old: 1,085 | 30-39 years old: 204 | 40-49 years old: 161 | 50-59 years old: 168 | 60-69 years old: 133 |70-79 years old: 71 | 80-89 years old: 31 | 90-99 years old: 6 | 100+ years old: 0

White: 1,489 | Unknown: 433 | Black or African American: 22 | American Indian/Alaska Native: 18 | Asian: 15 | Other: 15 | Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander: 12 | Multi-Race: 11

Not Hispanic/Latino: 1,314 | Unknown: 626 | Hispanic/Latino: 75

Idaho

Cases (confirmed and probable): 125,452
Deaths: 1,231
Recovered cases: 48,752
Vaccine Doses Administered: 119
PCR tests performed: 799,525
Individuals PCR tested: 514,800

Idaho confirmed its first COVID-19 case on March 13 in Ada County, which is served by Central District Health. The woman, who is in her 50s, is an Idaho State University Student in Meridian, but had not been on campus since March 10.

We report statewide COVID-19 case numbers based on the numbers listed on the IDHW site. IDHW reported 1,433 new cases in Idaho today.

United States

Cases (confirmed and probable): 16,955,024
Deaths: 307,226
Recovered cases: 6,298,331
Tests completed: 222,656,737

The United States confirmed its first COVID-19 case on Jan. 21 in Wash. The man, who is in his 30s, had recently traveled to Wuhan, China.

We report statewide COVID-19 case numbers based on the numbers listed on the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine (JHUM) Coronavirus Resource Center.

Worldwide

Cases (confirmed and probable): 74,140,841
Deaths: 1,647,108
Recovered cases: 41,904,111

The World Health Organization (WHO) noticed a press release from the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission about a ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, China on Dec. 31, 2019. WHO determined the outbreak was caused by a novel coronavirus on Jan. 9, 2020.

We report statewide COVID-19 case numbers based on the numbers listed on the JHUM Coronavirus Resource Center.

This page is updated daily by Lex Miller and Angela Palermo. Graphics were created by Riley Helal and Alex Brizee.