One new COVID case; county reaches 50

Kootenai County added another confirmed case of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, Panhandle Health District announced today.

That brings the county total to 50 cases. Bonner County is holding steady at four cases, while Shoshone, Benewah and Boundary haven’t confirmed a single case.

The number of hospitalizations and “no longer monitored” has not changed in the past 24 hours.

Here are the latest statistics.

Confirmed cases: 54

No longer monitored: 28*

Hospitalizations: 5**

Cases by County:

Kootenai — 50 cases, 0 deaths

Benewah — 0 cases, 0 deaths

Bonner — 4 cases, 0 deaths

Boundary — 0 cases, 0 deaths

Shoshone — 0 cases, 0 deaths

TOTAL — 54 cases, 0 deaths

Panhandle Residents with COVID-19 by Age Group:

<18 years — 5

19 to 49 years — 24

≥50 years — 25

Panhandle Residents with COVID-19 by Sex:

Female — 23

Male — 31

Unknown — 0

*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.