One new COVID case in Kootenai County; 49 total here

Kootenai County added one confirmed COVID-19 case Thursday, according to Panhandle Health District, bringing the county’s total to 49.

On the bright side, the number of cases no longer being monitored increased from 24 to 28.

And there have been no additional COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Here are the latest stats from Panhandle Health District:

Confirmed cases: 53

No longer monitored: 28*

Hospitalizations: 5

Numbers updated 11:30am 04/16/2020

*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 — 49 cases, 0 deaths

Benewah — 0 cases, 0 deaths

Bonner — 4 cases, 0 deaths

Boundary — 0 cases, 0 deaths

Shoshone — 0 cases, 0 deaths

TOTAL — 53 cases, 0 deaths

Panhandle Residents with COVID-19 by Age Group

<18 years — 5

19 to 49 years — 23

≥50 years — 25

Panhandle Residents with COVID-19 by Sex

Female — 23

Male — 30

Unknown — 0