County holds at 59 COVID-19 cases

After reporting Thursday three new cases of COVID-19 in Kootenai County, Friday and Saturday reports from Panhandle Health District showed no new confirmed cases in the five northern counties.

As of noon Saturday, Kootenai County had 59 confirmed cases and Bonner County had four. Shoshone, Benewah and Boundary counties have yet to confirm a single case.

Five people in the region have been hospitalized with COVID-19 at some point, Panhandle reports. Meantime, 39 cases have improved enough that they are no longer being monitored.

Thus far, there have been no confirmed deaths in the Panhandle because of COVID-19.