SANDPOINT — Bonner County's COVID-19 cases took a sharp jump upward Thursday, adding eight new cases to bring the county's total to 250 cases, 31 of which are considered active.

Panhandle Health reports the five northern counties have a total of 2,922 cases with 51 deaths.

Boundary County’s novel coronavirus case count stayed stable with no new case reported in Thursday. There have been 45 cases reported in the county since the start of the pandemic with one death. Four of the county’s cases are considered active.

Kootenai County has 2,300 cases since the start of the pandemic, 193 of which remain active, according to PHD.

Shoshone County has a total of 205 COVID-19 cases. The district said 42 of those cases remain active. It had no new cases reported Thursday. Benewah County added one new case to bring its total to 121 cases since the start of the pandemic, 22 of which are active, PHD said.

There are no new case involving a Panhandle resident whose primary county of residency is undetermined. There have been one such case, considered to be aactive, the district said.

The health district said 2,651 cases are considered closed, meaning those residents are no longer being monitored, have refused monitoring or have died.

The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare reported 307 new confirmed or probable infections, elevating the statewide total to 34,615 cases resulting in 406 deaths.

The Northeast Tri-County Health District in Washington state that Pend Oreille County has had 57 confirmed cases, while Stevens County has had 130, one of which proved fatal. Ferry County has has 29 cases.