ANOTHER
ANOTHER THING THE STATE OF IDAHO AND PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICTS
LOOK AT -- THE
PERCENTAGE OF TESTS
COMING BACK POSITIVE:
THE RATE WAS 9-POINT-2
PERCENT FOR THE WEEK
THAT ENDED LAST
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH...
THAT'S OUT OF ABOUT
19-THOUSAND TESTS, AND
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME
SINCE LATE JUNE THAT
THE POSITIVITY RATE WAS
BELOW TEN PERCENT...
RIGHT NOW ALL OF
IDAHO EXCEPT FOR ADA
COUNTY IS IN STAGE 4 OF
THE GOVERNOR'S
REOPENING PLAN.
BUT TOMORROW -- THE
GOVERNOR PLANS TO
ANNOUNCE IF IDAHO IS
READY TO MOVE OUT OF
STAGE 4 IN A NEWS
CONFERENCE SCHEDULED
FOR NOON.
NO BUSINESSES ARE
REQUIRED TO CLOSE IN
STAGE 4 BUT THERE ARE
RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE
SUCH AS SOCIAL
DISTANCING PROTOCOLS.
ADA COUNTY IS IN STAGE
3 OF THE REOPENING
PLAN THAT REQUIRES
BARS AND NIGHT CLUBS
TO CLOSE.
WE WILL CARRY THIS
NEWS CONFERENCE LIVE
ON
ON T-V
ON T-V AND ONLINE AGAIN IT IS SCHEDULED TO START AT NOON.
IDAHO HAS BEEN IN STAGE
4 SINCE MID-JUNE.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
METRICS THE STATE SAYS
IT NEEDS TO MEET IN
ORDER TO MOVE ON.
ACCORDING THE STATE'S
OFFICIAL CORONAVIRUS
WEBSITE IDAHO MUST
MEET THREE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES.
SYNDROMIC,
CATEGORIES. SYNDROMIC, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
HEALTH CARE.
OUR JOEY PRECHTL
BREAKS DOWN HOW THE
STATE LOOKS MOVING
INTO TOMORROW'S NEWS
CONFERENCE.
WEBSITE IDAHO MUST
MEET THREE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES.
CATEGORIES.
WEBSITE
WEBSITE IDAHO MUST MEET THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SYNDROMIC,
CATEGORIES. SYNDROMIC, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
HEALTH CARE.
OUR JOEY PRECHTL
BREAKS DOWN HOW THE
STATE LOOKS MOVING
INTO TOMORROW'S NEWS
CONFERENCE.
SO LET'S SEE IF IDAHO
CAN POTENTIALLY MOVE
ON OUT OF STAGE 4.WE'RE
GOING TO START WITH
THE SYNDROMIC
CATEGORY
IDAHO MUST SEE A
DOWNWARD TREND OF
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
VISITS FOR THE LAST TWO
WEEKS.
THE LATEST DATA FROM
THE STATE SHOWS WE
MEET THIS CRITERIA. AT
JUST OVER 15 VISITS PER
DAY OVER THE LAST TWO
WEEKS.
ALSO UNDER THE
SYNDROMIC CATEGORY --
THE STATE MUST SEE A
DOWNWARD
DOWNWARD TREND IN E-R PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE
STATE IS ALSO MEETING
THIS CRITERIA.
ON AUGUST 5TH 5 NEW
ADMITS.
A WEEK LATER...3
PATIENTS.
DOWN TO TWO PATIENTS
ON THE 15TH
AND NONE ON TUESDAY.
NOW UNDER THE
EPIDEMIOLOGY CATEGORY.
THE STATE SAYS IT MUST
SEE A DOWNWARD TREND
OR LOWER LEVELS OF
DOCUMENTED COVID-19
CASES OVER THE LAST 14
DAYS.
DAYS.
THE
THE STATE
THE STATE SAYS IT CAN ALSO MEET THIS METRIC BY REPORTING FEWER
THAN 20 CASES PER DAY
OVER THE LAST 14 DAYS.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE
TREND OF NEW DAILY
CASE COUNTS GOING
BACK TO WHEN THE
PANDEMIC STARTED.
WE GET THESE NUMBERS
FROM STATE AND LOCAL
HEALTH DISTRICTS.
OVER THE LAST TWO
WEEKS OUR NUMBERS
INDICATE THE STATE IS
AVERAGING JUST OVER
431 NEW CONFIRMED
AND PROBABLE CASES PER
DAY.
TWO WEEKS AGO IDAHO
WAS AVERAGING 481 NEW
AND CONFIRMED CASES
PER DAY.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE
THOUGH OUR NUMBERS
DIFFER FROM THE STATE
NUMBERS BECAUSE
EVERYDAY WE ALSO TAKE
INTO ACCOUNT WHAT
LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICTS
ARE REPORTING PAST 5PM
-- IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND WELFARE
REPORTS THE NUMBERS
EVERYDAY AT THAT TIME.
THE STATE'S LATEST DATA
AVAILABLE SHOWS THE
POSITIVITY RATE FOR THE
LAST TWO WEEKS IS 10.2
PERCENT.
THIS IS DOWN FROM THE
15 PERCENT HIGH THAT
WAS RECORDED IN MID-
JULY.
IDAHO TESTED ABOUT
19-THOUSAND PEOPLE
LAST WEEK -- DOWN
FROM THE 22-THOUSAND
FROM THE WEEK BEFORE.
BUT ACCORDING TO OUR
NUMBERS -- THEY WOULD
PASS THIS CATEGORY
SINCE THERE IS A
DOWNWARD TREND BOTH
IN DAILY NEW CASES AND
THE POSITIVTY RATE.
NOW FOR THE FINAL
CATEGORY. HEALTHCARE
THE STATE SAYS IT MUST
BE ABLE TO TREAT ALL
PATIENTS WITHOUT
NEEDING TO USE CRISIS
STANDARDS OF CARE. A
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND WELFARE
TELLS US THE STATE
HASN'T STARTED USING
CRISIS STANDARDS OF
CARE AT THIS POINT.
ALSO UNDER THIS
CATEGORY ARE AVAILABLE
VENTILATORS, ICU BEDS
AND PPE.
THE STATE SAYS THERE
MUST BE AT LEAST 50
AVAILABLE VENTILATORS,
50 ICU BEDS AND A 10-
DAY SUPPLY OF N-95
MASKS, SURGICAL MASK,
FACE SHIELDS, GOWNS
AND
AND GLOVES. AS OF WEDNESDAY THE STATE IS REPORTING 440
AVAILABLE VENTILATORS
AND 104 AVAILABLE ICU
BEDS WELL ABOVE WHAT
IS NEEDED.
FINALLY THE STATE IS
REQUIRING THAT NO
MORE THAN 4 PEOPLE PER
DAY BE ADMITTED TO THE
HOSPITAL.
THE STATE ONLY REPORTS
TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS
TO THE PUBLIC.
SO HERE'S WHAT WE DO
KNOW.
TWO WEEKS PRIOR
IDAHO HIT ITS ALL-TIME
HIGH OF HOSPITAL
ADMITS AT 242.
SINCE THEN HOSPITAL
NUMBERS HAVE BEEN
TRENDING DOWN TO AS
LOW AS 167 TOTAL
PATIENTS ON SATURDAY.
BUT IN JUST TWO DAYS
THE NUMBERS STARTED
CREEPING UP. THE STATE
HAS ADMITTED ANOTHER
38 PEOPLE TO THE
HOSPITAL FROM AUGUST
15 TO THE 17TH.
ICU NUMBERS ALSO
JUMPED FROM 37 TO 43
ON MONDAY.
ON MONDAY.