On Tuesday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare added 584 new cases and 2 new deaths to its statewide total. That brings the statewide total to 49,247 known cases and 512 deaths.

During a hospital press conference today, St. Alphonsus reported a 12 percent positivity rate, and St. Luke’s Magic Valley saw a record number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at the beginning of the week. St. Luke’s said that they are bracing for more to come.

Also, a pediatric COVID patient has been transferred to Salt Lake City and is awaiting a heart transplant due to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, which was linked to COVID-19.

On Thursday, Governor Brad Little will hold another COVID-19 update from 1 PM to 2 PM.