Two more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Whitman County.
According to Whitman County Public Health, both cases involve men in their 50s, and both patients are stable and self-isolating at their homes. There have now been five confirmed cases of the illness in Whitman County. The health department is tracing those who had close contact with the latest confirmed patients.
Meanwhile, one of the recently announced confirmed cases in Nez Perce County is a resident at Lewiston’s Royal Plaza Health and Rehabilitation.
The facility says the patient is being cared for under isolation precautions consistent with recommendations from state and federal health authorities. Again, the case is among those previously announced by Public Health – Idaho North Central District, which has confirmed five total cases among the counties it covers – Nez Perce, Clearwater, Idaho, Latah and Lewis counties. (Lewiston Tribune)
