COVID-19 Update: April 13, 2021

On Tuesday, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reported 219 new cases of coronavirus and 4 new deaths due to COVID-19-related causes. The statewide case count is 183,910 and the death toll hit a grim milestone of 2,000 people dead. Idaho will pause the use of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine, after recommendations from the CDC and FDA. The pause allows experts to review an extremely rare type of blood clot that has been reported in six women who received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. The women were between the ages of 18 and 48. The cases were extremely rare, because as of Monday, more than 6.8 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been safely administered nationwide, according to Central District Health. Gov. Brad Little stressed Tuesday that the vaccines are extremely safe and he urged Idahoans to move forward with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.