The latest COVID-19 risk levels for the Magic Valley have been released and all but one County within the regional health district are at a "Critical Risk" category.
Three south central Idaho counties are headed toward critical (red) risk levels as case counts and positivity rates reported to South Central Public Health District (SCPHD) are surging in Twin Falls, Cassia, and Minidoka counties.
Blaine County has moved to a more stringent COVID-19 risk level gauge to deal with the pandemic in a more specific way in the tourist mountain communities of the Wood River Valley.
The health district for the Magic and Wood River valleys recorded significant increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in several of the eight counties is oversees.
The Board of Health for the South Central Public Health District voted for a resolution, instead of a mandate, to strongly encourage citizens to wear masks in public.
South Idaho health officials say they've now detected community spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Minidoka County. South Central Public Health District said in a statement early Friday that at least once case of the virus in the county didn't involve out-of-state travel or contact with a person known to have the virus.
Southern Idaho health officials expect to see more confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Twin Falls County as there have been more than one case that resulted in community spread.
All counties within the South Central Public Health District (SCPHD) now have at least one or more confirmed case of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as Gooding County reports its first confirmed case.