For the past month, the delta variant has continued to spread in western Ada County and made its way into Canyon County.
An analysis of vaccination rates and new cases by ZIP code shows that areas with higher vaccination rates are doing a better job of fending off the coronavirus. But in areas with a large share of unvaccinated residents, as many as 1.4% of residents got infected between July 25 and Aug. 28.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare provided the Idaho Capital Sun with data on new cases of COVID-19 by ZIP code. The records were anonymized; they cannot be used to identify an individual. The Sun merged the data with vaccination rate numbers by ZIP code, which the department had provided to Idaho Public Television’s Idaho Reports.
Previously, the Sun reported a similar trend in Treasure Valley neighborhoods. Those with higher vaccination rates had fewer COVID-19 cases between late May and mid-August. The new data include the most recent full two weeks of records, during which case numbers rose quickly and hospitals became increasingly overwhelmed.
