Delta variant identified in two Valley County residents; Central District Health reminds people when and where to test for COVID-19

CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH (Idaho) — COVID-19 sequencing test results show that two Valley County residents were recently infected with the Delta variant. One resident was infected in June, the other in July. The two individuals are unknown to one another and live in different communities within Valley County. “It’s important for people to realize that this new and highly transmissible variant is showing up in our more rural communities too. Many Idahoans regularly travel across county lines in a given week, and we need to remember that a threat like the Delta variant is very real even when we travel to the mountains to recreate and play,” said Lindsay Haskell, Communicable Disease Control Manager for Central District Health (CDH). Read More.