SANDPOINT — For the second straight day no new confirmed novel coronavirus cases were reported in the Panhandle.

The Panhandle Health District said there have been three cases in Bonner County and 42 cases in Kootenai County since the start of the outbreak.

There were no confirmed cases in Boundary, Shoshone or Benewah counties on Thursday, according to the health district.

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare reported 134 new cases in the state on Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 1,353 cases. The death toll in Idaho increased to 24, meanwhile.

There have 127 hospitalizations because of COVID-19 and 33 have been admitted to intensive-care units. There are 143 confirmed cases of coronavirus contracted by healthcare workers, according to Health & Welfare.

In the Panhandle, 21 people with the virus are over the age of 50, 19 people between the ages of 19-49. Five people are below the age of 18, the health district said. Twenty-six of the cases in the Panhandle male and 19 are female.

Statewide, 700 of the cases involve females and 657 involve males. The average age of Idahoans with COVID-19 is 46.7 years old. In the 18-49 age range, there are 731 cases, Health & Welfare reports. In the 50 and up age range, there are 602 cases. Nineteen cases involve people under the age of 18.

Seven hundred of the cases statewide involve women and 657 involve men, according to the department.

Bonner County Emergency Management is reminding landowners to refrain from all nonessential open burning activities as communities respond to the spread of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a request that was made by Health & Welfare and the Idaho Department of Lands.

Smoke from open burning can cause unnecessary public health and safety concerns and impact local service providers, the state said.

Kootenai County Emergency Operation Center commanders said abiding by Gov. Brad Little’s stay-at-home order and social distancing helping to defeat the virus locally.

“Here in Kootenai County, we have seen four straight days of no new confirmed cases. However, letting our guard down now could undo all we’ve put ourselves through,” EOC commanders Sheriff Ben Wolfinger and Chief Chris Way said on Thursday.

The U.S. Forest Service announced on Thursday that it is canceling the Pend Oreille Forestry Contest in May due to the COVID-19 risks.

The Northeast Tri County Health District was notified Thursday of a sixth positive COVID-19 test for Stevens County, bringing the combined total of positive cases for Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens counties to eight.

The individual who tested positive resides north of Colville and sought medical assistance, NETCHD officials said. The health district is notifying potential close contacts and these individuals will be given additional guidance and advised of precautions they should take.

NETCHD advised a patient who tested positive for COVID-19 is still in the hospital after being hospitalized in critical condition last week. A one COVID-19 positive case in Ferry County, one in Pend Oreille County and three Stevens County patients have recovered. The remaining positive patients are safely isolating at home, health district officials said.

Keith Kinnaird can be reached by email at kkinnaird@bonnercountydailybee.com and follow him on Twitter @KeithDailyBee.