Idahoans were slightly more inclined to get vaccinated this past week. As of Friday, 653,587 Idahoans had received at least one shot of a vaccine, up some 16,500 from the week before.
That’s higher interest than the week prior, when only 14,373 new people received a vaccine.
The state reported about 1,000 new COVID-19 cases this week, down slightly from the rate of increase the week prior.
In all, it was a slow week for COVID-19 news across the state. Response to the virus did, however, take the front seat when Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin announced her campaign for governor. McGeachin staked her campaign on personal freedoms, and has consistently clashed with Gov. Brad Little over his handling of the pandemic.
“What we have seen over the past year is unacceptable,” McGeachin said Wednesday. “The violations of our individual rights, our state sovereignty and our traditional conservative values are intolerable. I refuse to stand by and allow these abuses to go unchallenged.”
Read more about that here.
In other news, K-12 COVID cases increased just slightly in the week ending May 17. Kevin Richert has that roundup here.
| Statewide data | May 14 | May 21 | Change, May 8-14 | Change, May 15-21 |
| Cases, confirmed and probable | 190,007 | 191,068 | 1,132 | 1,061 |
| Deaths | 2,069 | 2,080 | 8 | 11 |
| Patients ever hospitalized | 8,267 | 8,333 | 56 | 66 |
| Patients ever admitted to ICU | 1,394 | 1,408 | 9 | 14 |
| Idahoans vaccinated | 631,018 | 653,587 | 14,373 | 16,569 |
| Idahoans fully vaccinated | 552,997 | 574,574 | 31,055 | 21,577 |
| Vaccine doses administered | 1,147,573 | 1,189,080 | 43,045 | 41,507 |
| ‘Breakthrough’ cases
(vaccinated Idahoans who later test positive) |
254 | 275 | 29 | 21 |
| Total tests administered | 1,311,639 | 1,327,944 | 16,704 | 16,305 |
| Health care workers infected | 10,600 | 10,669 | 65 | 69 |
| Patients recovered, estimated | 109,527 | 110,466 | 1,034 | 939 |
| Total cases, ages 0-4 | 2,946 | 2,968 | 19 | 22 |
| Total cases, ages 5-12 | 7,372 | 7,442 | 64 | 70 |
| Total cases, ages 13-17 | 11,110 | 11,218 | 105 | 108 |
| Total cases, ages 18-29 | 47,479 | 47,736 | 262 | 257 |
| Top 10 counties, by total cases | May 14 | May 21 | New cases, May 15-21 | New cases per day, per 100,000 population |
| Ada | 52,265 | 52,559 | 294 | 8.7 |
| Canyon | 26,816 | 26,987 | 171 | 10.6 |
| Kootenai | 18,170 | 18,372 | 202 | 17.4 |
| Bonneville | 14,904 | 14,944 | 40 | 4.8 |
| Twin Falls | 9,540 | 9,614 | 74 | 12.2 |
| Bannock | 8,779 | 8,808 | 29 | 4.7 |
| Madison | 7,205 | 7,242 | 37 | 13.3 |
| Bingham | 4,847 | 4,841 | -6 | |
| Nez Perce | 3,634 | 3,655 | 21 | 7.4 |
| Bonner | 3,250 | 3,281 | 31 | 9.7 |
| Cases by county (most daily cases, per 100,000 population) | May 14 | May 21 | New cases,
May 15-21 |
New cases per day, per 100,000 population |
| Ada | 52,265 | 52,559 | 294 | 8.7 |
| Adams | 341 | 341 | 0 | 0 |
| Bannock | 8,779 | 8,808 | 29 | 4.7 |
| Bear Lake | 387 | 388 | 1 | 2.3 |
| Benewah | 685 | 688 | 3 | 4.6 |
| Bingham | 4,847 | 4,841 | -6 | |
| Blaine | 2,377 | 2,382 | 5 | 3.1 |
| Boise | 357 | 363 | 6 | 10.9 |
| Bonner | 3,250 | 3,281 | 31 | 9.7 |
| Bonneville | 14,904 | 14,944 | 40 | 4.8 |
| Boundary | 868 | 871 | 3 | 3.5 |
| Butte | 210 | 210 | 0 | |
| Camas | 71 | 72 | 1 | 12.9 |
| Canyon | 26,816 | 26,987 | 171 | 10.6 |
| Caribou | 692 | 699 | 7 | 14.0 |
| Cassia | 2,943 | 2,946 | 3 | 1.8 |
| Clark | 59 | 59 | 0 | |
| Clearwater | 1,050 | 1,056 | 6 | 9.8 |
| Custer | 250 | 253 | 3 | 9.9 |
| Elmore | 2,022 | 2,052 | 30 | 17.4 |
| Franklin | 1,200 | 1,195 | -5 | |
| Fremont | 1,132 | 1,133 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Gem | 1,779 | 1,792 | 13 | 10.2 |
| Gooding | 1,316 | 1,317 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Idaho | 1,253 | 1,249 | -4 | |
| Jefferson | 3,004 | 3,013 | 9 | 4. |
| Jerome | 2,609 | 2,616 | 7 | 4.1 |
| Kootenai | 18,170 | 18,372 | 202 | 17.4 |
| Latah | 3,157 | 3,184 | 27 | 9.6 |
| Lemhi | 528 | 531 | 3 | 5.3 |
| Lewis | 397 | 406 | 9 | 33.5 |
| Lincoln | 508 | 511 | 3 | 8.0 |
| Madison | 7,205 | 7,242 | 37 | 13.3 |
| Minidoka | 2,341 | 2,342 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Nez Perce | 3,634 | 3,655 | 21 | 7.4 |
| Oneida | 365 | 362 | -3 | |
| Owyhee | 1,068 | 1,075 | 7 | 8.5 |
| Payette | 2,570 | 2,576 | 6 | 3.6 |
| Power | 665 | 656 | -9 | |
| Shoshone | 1,119 | 1,132 | 13 | 14.4 |
| Teton | 1,221 | 1,227 | 6 | 7.0 |
| Twin Falls | 9,540 | 9,614 | 74 | 12.2 |
| Valley | 838 | 843 | 5 | 6.3 |
| Washington | 1,215 | 1,225 | 10 | 14.0 |
