SANDPOINT — The Panhandle Health District reported 22 new confirmed or probable cases of novel coronavirus on Friday, including four new infections in Bonner County.

The new cases bring the total number of cases in the five northern counties to 2,829, the district said.

The four new cases in Bonner County bring the total number of cases to 233, although only 24 of them are active.

Kootenai County added 12 new cases on Friday, lifting that county's total number of cases over the course of the pandemic to 2,231, 235 of which remain active, according to PHD.

Boundary County added one new case on Friday. There have been a total of 45 cases in Boundary County, four of which remain active.

Four new cases emerged in Shoshone County, bringing that county's total to 201 cases. The district said 62 of those cases remain active. Benewah County added one new case on Friday, resulting in 118 cases, 24 of which are active, PHD said.

There were no new cases involving Panhandle residents whose primary county of residency is undetermined. There is one such case, although it is no longer active, the district said.

The health district said 2,480 cases are considered closed, meaning those residents are no longer being monitored, have refused monitoring or have died.

The virus, which causes COVID-19, is blamed for 49 deaths in four of the five northern counties.

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare reported 269 new confirmed or probable infections, elevating the statewide total to 33,196 cases resulting in 382 deaths.

The Northeast Tri-County Health District in Washington state reported two new confirmed cases, one of which was in Pend Oreille County and one of which was in Stevens County.

Pend Oreille County has had 57 confirmed cases, while Stevens County has had 211, one of which proved fatal. Ferry County has has 27 cases.

There have been 16 new infections in the three counties in the last 14 days, according to NETCHD. Four of those cases turned up in Pend Oreille County, the district said.

The Montana Department of Public Health reported 149 new confirmed cases on Friday, bringing the statewide total to 8,019 cases, 114 of which resulted in fatalities. Neither Lincoln County nor Sanders County had any new cases on Friday, the state said.

Lincoln County has had 91 cases since the outbreak began, though only five of them are active. The state said Sanders County has had 40 cases over the course of the pandemic, although only nine of them are active, Montana public health officials said.

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