People also kept moving to the state during the pandemic. “As businesses in particular became comfortable with remote work, Idaho became a pretty attractive location for remote working,” Adams said. Some relocated from places with strict lockdowns to Idaho’s mostly restriction-free towns and cities. The state also experienced one of the country’s highest COVID-19 case rates per-capita. From March 2020 through Feb. 2021, Idaho recorded 138,823 confirmed cases of COVID-19, another 32,317 probable cases and 1,901 deaths. State lawmakers this year used the significant increase in tax revenues to fund a $382.9 million tax cut and rebate plan, boost transportation funding and add to Idaho’s rainy day funds.