PHD: 107 new cases in a day

Hospitalizations reach 11

COEUR d’ALENE — The Panhandle Health District reported a single-day record of 107 new cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, bringing PHD’s total cases to 1,064, with 409 no longer being monitored.

Eleven people, up three from Wednesday, are hospitalized due to the virus, and there has been a total of 35 people hospitalized.

Kootenai County’s coronavirus count rose to 904, an increase of 92. Of those, 565 are considered active cases.

Benewah County rose five to 22 cases on Wednesday, Bonner County rose four to 91, Boundary County rose one to nine cases, and Shoshone County rose five to 19, PHD said. There are 14 undetermined cases.

PHD reported the age group of 18-29 has by far the most COVID-19 cases at 355. The 30-39 age group, at 186 cases, is the second highest.

Females are being affected more, with 579 cases while 483 cases are among males.

There has been one death in Kootenai County attributed to the coronavirus.

Health officials continue to encourage people to practice social distancing, hand washing and wearing masks when in public places by others.

PHD has stated it supports communitywide use of masks, but has also said it was not calling for a mask mandate, as it would be difficult to enforce.

Due to the increased number of COVID-19 positive cases, PHD said it is focusing on contact tracing to slow the spread of the virus.