Coronavirus: Treasure Valley YMCA giving out food boxes to Ada, Canyon families
For those facing food insecurity due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Treasure Valley Family YMCA wants to help.
The organization has partnered with Grasmick Produce to distribute food at YMCA facilities to those in need, according to a news release Friday from the YMCA. Grasmick is providing 25-pound boxes filled with produce, or equally sized boxes with dairy, meat and produce.
The boxes will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at YMCA facilities on a rotating schedule. Those receiving boxes will be asked to stay in their cars while volunteers bring out the food, and the boxes are limited to one per car.
Numerous YMCAs in the Treasure Valley are participating in the donations, and each one has a different day of the week when food boxes will be distributed.
The boxes of food will be given out through June 30 five days a week, with no distribution on Fridays or Sundays.
During the week, boxes will be given out from 4-6 p.m. On Saturdays, the time frame is 9-11 a.m.
Here are the locations:
- Monday, downtown Boise YMCA
- Tuesday, West Boise YMCA
- Wednesday, South Meridian YMCA
- Thursday, Caldwell High (across from YMCA)
There will be a rotating schedule on Saturdays: West Boise YMCA, June 6; South Meridian YMCA, June 13; Caldwell High, June 20; and downtown Boise Y, June 27.
Go to mymcatvidaho.org for more information.
3,809 negative tests added to Idaho’s coronavirus totals
Idaho health officials added nearly 4,000 negative coronavirus tests to the state’s totals Thursday.
The tests — which were previously unreported from labs and date back as far as early May — were added in order to show a more complete picture of the state’s testing numbers, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
The department will reanalyze the data and verify the figure. The 3,809 negative cases added brings the state’s total number of coronavirus tests to 53,333 as of Friday morning. The negative cases also dropped Idaho’s percentage of positive cases to 5.2%.
In addition to the negative cases, 54 positive cases of the coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease, were reported Thursday in Idaho. South-central Idaho continues to see cases roll in, as Jerome County reported nine new cases; Cassia reported 10; and Minidoka added six. Ada County reported five new cases and Canyon seven.
The new cases Thursday brought Idaho’s total of confirmed coronavirus cases to 2,766. State health officials added 10 new “probable cases” to Idaho’s total Thursday, bringing the total to 291.
No new fatalities were reported Thursday, and Idaho’s death count remains at 83.
Cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in the majority of Idaho counties: Ada 773, Adams 3, Bannock 41, Benewah 7, Bingham 17, Blaine 503, Bonner 5, Bonneville 39, Camas 1, Canyon 296, Caribou 3, Cassia 88, Custer 2, Elmore 31, Franklin 7, Fremont 3, Gem 13, Gooding 44, Idaho 3, Jefferson 7, Jerome 165, Kootenai 78, Latah 6, Lemhi 1, Lincoln 30, Madison 16, Minidoka 62, Nez Perce 74, Owyhee 8, Payette 22, Power 6, Teton 10, Twin Falls 363, Valley 2 and Washington 37.
Community spread has been reported in 23 counties: Ada, Bannock, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Bonner, Bonneville, Canyon, Cassia, Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai, Lemhi, Owyhee, Madison, Minidoka, Payette, Power, Teton and Twin Falls.
