Three new COVID-19 cases in Kootenai County

Kootenai County confirmed three new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to Panhandle Health District.

That brings the county’s total to 48. Bonner County has four confirmed cases, bringing the total in Panhandle’s five northern counties to 52 confirmed cases.

Shoshone, Benewah and Boundary counties have not reported a single confirmed COVID-19 case.

Here’s the latest statistical information from PHD:

Confirmed cases: 52

No longer monitored: 24*

Hospitalizations: 5**

Numbers updated 11:00am 04/15/2020

*We won’t use the term “recovered,” as that could be misleading, because we don’t know if a person can contract COVID-19 more than once. We prefer to use the term “no longer monitoring”. A person is no longer being monitored when they have stayed home for our recommended period of time AND have not had a fever for at least 72 hours (that is three full days of no fever without the use medicine that reduces fevers) AND other symptoms have improved (for example, when your cough or shortness of breath have improved) AND at least 7 days have passed since your symptoms first appeared.

**Hospitalizations is a tally of total hospitalizations of confirmed cases. This does not mean these patients are currently hospitalized, only that they were hospitalized for COVID-19 and are also confirmed positive with COVID-19.

Cases by County:

Kootenai — 48 cases, 0 deaths

Benewah — 0 cases, 0 deaths

Bonner — 4 cases, 0 deaths

Boundary — 0 cases, 0 deaths

Shoshone — 0 cases, 0 deaths

TOTAL — 52 cases, 0 deaths

Panhandle Residents with COVID-19 by Age Group:

<18 years — 5

19 to 49 years — 22

≥50 years — 25

Panhandle Residents with COVID-19 by Sex:

Female — 22

Male — 30

Unknown — 0