On Tuesday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare added 374 new cases and 4 new deaths to its statewide total. That brings the statewide total to 171,836 cases and 1,871 deaths.
Also on Tuesday, the department announced the state will receive more than 13,000 doses of the newly approved one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine this week, in addition to the 40,000 first doses of Pfizer and Moderna that the state is currently receiving.
The next priority group, which includes food processing employees, farmworkers, and janitors, is eligible to get vaccinated starting Monday, March 15. This comes as the state’s positivity rate has dropped to 5.1 percent.
For more information on that next tier, as well as information on where to get vaccinated, visit coronavirus.idaho.gov.