On Thursday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 508 new cases and 7 new deaths. That brings the statewide total to 161,720 known cases and 1,721 deaths.

Today, Governor Brad Little announced a new executive order that will require COVID-19 vaccine providers to report the number of doses they have been allocated by their local public health district, how many doses they have administered, and how many doses they have in their inventory.

These new reporting requirements are intended to ensure transparency and enable the state to provide assistance if providers are not administering doses quickly enough. Little said he expects providers to administer vaccine doses within seven days of receiving them.

The new transparency data should be available to the public on Monday, February 8th.