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Idaho creeps closer to 700 mark in daily COVID-19 case rate as state adds 400-plus

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Posted at 7:23 PM, Oct 18, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-18 21:40:37-04

This article was originally published by Nicole Blanchard of the Idaho Statesman.

Idaho again set a new record high seven-day moving average for coronavirus cases as health officials reported more than 400 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, as well as 89 probable cases on Sunday.

It’s the fourth day in a row that Idaho has reached a new record seven-day moving average, which denotes the average number of new cases reported daily over the last seven days. On Sunday, that number reached 680, topping Saturday’s record of 670. The average was 621 last Sunday.

Idaho again set a new record high seven-day moving average for coronavirus cases as health officials reported more than 400 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, as well as 89 probable cases on Sunday.

It’s the fourth day in a row that Idaho has reached a new record seven-day moving average, which denotes the average number of new cases reported daily over the last seven days. On Sunday, that number reached 680, topping Saturday’s record of 670. The average was 621 last Sunday.