Event planners cancel annual event amid worries about spreading the coronavirus.

The organizers of Denver's St. Patrick's Day Parade canceled the annual celebration as concerns of the coronavirus spread throughout the state.

In a post on the event's official page, organizers stated that "the health and safety of parade participants and attendees is our highest priority every year."

"The call to cancel the 2020 parade was made out of an abundance of caution for the public health of all those who join us every year to celebrate this annual tradition," read the post.

The parade's board of directors plans to contact all participants, sponsors, volunteers, and vendors to assist in the abrupt cancellation.

The parade's cancellation comes after Gov. Jared Polis declared a state of emergency in Colorado due to 15 presumptive cases of the new coronavirus. The cases are located in Arapahoe, Gunnison, Denver, Larimer, and Eagle counties.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said on March 9 that the city wouldn't cancel the St. Patrick's Day Parade, but the parade organizers decided to take additional measures to keep the public safe.

The St. Patrick's Day Parade has been one of Colorado's largest parades and celebrations in Downtown Denver for the past 56 years. Volunteers organize the event that parades more than 200 units, including floats, clowns, Queen Colleens, traditional Irish bands, Irish Step Dancers, and military honorees.

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