Coronavirus: Large-scale Boise garage sale is the latest event to be canceled
An annual large-scale garage sale in Boise has been canceled over coronavirus concerns.
Townsquare Media Boise announced Friday that its event, Idaho’s Largest Garage Sale, will not take place this year. After consulting with Expo Idaho, organizers determined the safest option would be to cancel the event.
The media group consulted with state officials on mass gatherings and considered delaying the event before organizers determined the event should not take place in 2020. It is slated to return in 2021.
“We know Idaho’s Largest Garage Sale is loved by many and will be missed,” said Townsquare Media Boise’s market president Rick Carmean in a news release.
Idaho county reports first coronavirus case
On Thursday, Franklin County became the 35th county in Idaho with a confirmed case of the coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease.
Officials at Southeastern Idaho Public Health said in a news release that the Franklin County patient is a woman in her 40s who is at home recovering. The health department believes she contracted the virus through traveling.
Southeastern Idaho Public Health also reported a new case in Power County that is suspected to have contracted the coronavirus through community spread, the first such case in the county. The new patient — one of only four confirmed cases in Power County — is a man in his 40s who is at home recovering.
In total, health officials around Idaho reported 32 newly-confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Thursday. New cases were reported in Bannock, Cassia, Ada and Jerome, among others.
No new deaths were reported Thursday, and Idaho’s death count remains at 82.
As of Thursday, there were 2,525 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Idaho. State health officials report there are 250 “probable cases” of the virus around Idaho as well.
Coronavirus cases have been found in 35 of Idaho’s 44 counties: Ada 751, Adams 3, Bannock 23, Benewah 4, Bingham 6, Blaine 501, Bonner 4, Bonneville 23, Camas 1, Canyon 271, Caribou 1, Cassia 55, Custer 2, Elmore 30, Franklin 1, Fremont 2, Gem 13, Gooding 39, Idaho 3, Jefferson 5, Jerome 138, Kootenai 67, Latah 6, Lemhi 1, Lincoln 30, Madison 13, Minidoka 40, Nez Perce 73, Owyhee 8, Payette 19, Power 4, Teton 10, Twin Falls 343, Valley 2 and Washington 33.
Community spread has been detected in 20 Idaho counties: Ada, Bannock, Bingham, Blaine, Bonneville, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Lemhi, Owyhee, Madison, Minidoka, Payette, Power, Teton and Twin Falls.
