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Related Pages
COVID-19 DIRECTORY (all pages)
CDH BOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS
STATE OF IDAHO COVID-19 WEBSITE | IDAHO REBOUNDS WEBSITE
CDC COVID-19 WEBSITE |
Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades
Central District Health's jurisdiction includes Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties.
Visit our main coronavirus page for daily case counts and our data dashboard. Additional valuable resoures include the State of Idaho websites, coronavirus.idaho.gov, https://rebound.idaho.gov/, and the CDC's website, cdc.gov/coronavirus. Questions about prevention, self-care, and symptoms can also be directed to the CDH Call Center Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at 208-321-2222 (may be closed or operate with modified hours on holidays).
Recently Added School Resources
- CDH Position on K-12 School Quarantine (1-11-21)
- Exposure Decision Tree | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Exposure | Spanish (12-28-20)
- Illness Decision Tree | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Illness | Spanish (12-28-20)
- Exposure Decision Tree | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Exposure (12-22-20)
- Illness Decision Tree | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Illness (12-22-20)
- CDH Toolkit for School Leaders: Planning for COVID-19 Scenarios in Schools (12-1-20)
- Levels of Community Spread for Schools - explainer document (updated 10-19-20)
- CDH Position on Youth Sports (10-16-20)
- CDH Position on School Operations for Potential Shift to Category 3 (RED) for Ada County (10/9/20)
Level of Community Spread for Schools
9/4/2020 Update: Central District Health Simplifies School Category Determinations for Weekly Reporting
Central District Health (CDH) has established new metrics for determining weekly school operation categories in Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley Counties. The new system keeps Red, Yellow and Green color categories and recommended level of operations, but replaces the previous category definitions with average case rates calculated for each county. CDH will use a two-week average of daily COVID-19 cases calculated per 100,000 people in a given county. The new system is aimed at simplifying the way categories for schools are determined within CDH’s four-county jurisdiction. Read More.
For counties with fewer than 100,000 people, case rate thresholds have been adjusted and a calculation is used to provide an even comparison across counties.
ABOUT THE CATEGORIES: View the category breakdowns and corresponding levels of operation.
- Average daily case rates are calculated using a two-week average of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in a given county.
- For corresponding data, see our Tableau page and view the respective county tab
- These categories are recommendations only and final decisions are made by local school boards.
- Private and charter schools should use the category based on the address of their facility and associated school district boundary.
- These are weekly assessments of community spread and will updated on Mondays.
- If category designations are adjusted, then schools and families should expect transition time as changes may or may not be immediate.
- For counties with fewer than 25,000 people, case rate thresholds have been adjusted because small changes in reported cases can greatly impact rates.
Date: January 19, 2021 [updated every Monday by 2:00 p.m.]
NOTE: Current data for Ada, Boise, Elmore, and Valley County are current and up to date. Rates are based on current data entry and do not take into account backlogged labs.
View PDF of Weekly Report
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Category 3 |
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Boise County |
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Category 2 |
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Elmore County |
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Valley County |
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Please refer to your independent school district web pages for information regarding closures.
- CDH Position on K-12 School Quarantine (1-11-21)
- Exposure Decision Tree | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Exposure | Spanish (12-28-20)
- Illness Decision Tree | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Illness | Spanish (12-28-20)
- Exposure Decision Tree | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Exposure (12-22-20)
- Illness Decision Tree | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Illness (12-22-20)
- CDH Toolkit for School Leaders: Planning for COVID-19 Scenarios in Schools (12-1-20)
- Levels of Community Spread for Schools (updated 10-19-20)
- CDH Position on Youth Sports (10-16-20)
- CDH Position on School Operations for Potential Shift to Category 3 (RED) for Ada County (10/9/20)
- Illness Decision Tree - Spanish | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Illness (9-17-20)
- Exposure Decision Tree - Spanish | CDH School Guidance on COVID-19 Exposure (9-17-20)
- School Reopening - Slowing the Spread | CDH Presentation (9-16-20)
- Guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure (9-14-20)
- News Release: Central District Health Simplifies School Category Determinations for Weekly Reporting (9-4-20)
- Boise School District COVID-19 Data
- Boise State University COVID-19 Tracking Dashboard
- CDH Position on Youth Sports (8-28-20)
- Message to Parents from Idaho Educators
- Message to Parents from Idaho Educators | Spanish
- Public Health Order for Ada Co. (includes face covering language) (7-14-20)
- Fall 2020 Public Schools Reopening
- When to Quarantine - Stay home if you might have been exposed to COVID-19
- Guidance for Schools - includes checklist (updated 8-24-20)
- Idaho School Closures Map: Idaho Education News
- CDC Interim Guidance for Administrators of US K-12 Schools