Idaho hospitals continue to struggle with COVID-19 surge

Idaho health experts are reporting more record-breaking numbers as COVID-19 pushes hospitals beyond capacity. As of Sept. 11, 98 people are fighting for their lives on a ventilator in Idaho. That's the most since June 2020. In terms of deaths, more younger people are dying this year than last year. The IDHW reports in 2020 from mid-April to the second week of September, out of everyone who tested positive,  only 3.4-percent of people from 18-49-years-old died of COVID-19. Vaccines were not available in 2020. In the same age group for the same time this year, 7.2-percent died from COVID-19. The number grows for people from 50 to 79-years-old. It's almost a 17-percent difference between 2021 and 2020.