Amy Ward, infections control manager at Kootenai Health, gears up during a March demonstration of how hospital staff will protect themselves from patients with personal protective equipment. While hospitalizations for COVID-19 symptoms have dropped locally since March, they have climbed locally. (PRESS FILE PHOTO/Courtesy of Kootenai Health)
July 14, 2020
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July 14, 2020 1:08 a.m.
Statewide COVID hospital numbers shrink while local numbers rise
Early Saturday morning, an unknown Idahoan got back unfortunate test results, becoming the 10,000th state resident to test positive since the pandemic began in mid-March. That number eclipsed 11,000 on Monday.