More than 1,340,600 people in Colorado have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 61,300 have been hospitalized as of Monday afternoon, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Click here for the latest update on the number of cases, the age, gender and location of presumptive positive, indeterminate and confirmed cases from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Below, we're updating this blog with the latest information regarding COVID-19 in Colorado.
Latest updates:
Friday, April 1
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
1,348,081 cases (+1,455)
61,479 hospitalized (+18)
64 counties (+0)
4,818,826 people tested (+1,712)
17,069,108 test encounters (+14,522)
11,977 deaths among cases (+3)
13,000 deaths due to COVID-19 (+5)
8,518 outbreaks (+1)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, show 84 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 51 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 2.82%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Friday, 4,443,405 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 3,987,592 have been fully vaccinated.
10:46 a.m. | CDPHE adds vaccination clinics to home and garden shows across the state
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is adding COVID-19 vaccination clinics to home and garden shows happening now across the state.
On Saturday, a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be at the Chaffee Home and Garden Show at the Chaffee County Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. That mobile vaccination clinic will offer all three available vaccines as well as flu vaccines. Appointments can be made in advance here.
A mobile clinic will also be at the 22nd annual Four Corners Home and Garden Show at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. on April 8 and 9. They will offer all three available vaccines as well as flu vaccines. While walk-ups will be accepted based on availability, appointments are strongly encouraged and can be made here.
CDPHE officials say vaccines are the safest, most effective way to slow the spread of COVID-19 and its variants and to help avoid the worst outcomes. They recommend everyone ages 5 and up get at least two doses, and recommend older Coloradans get at least three doses of the vaccine (the primary series plus a booster). Some people with weakened immune systems or medical conditions are advised to get a second booster.
Thursday, March 31
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
1,346,626 cases (+1,527)
61,461 hospitalized (+71)
64 counties (+0)
4,817,114 people tested (+1,907)
17,054,586 test encounters (+19,341)
11,974 deaths among cases (+6)
12,995 deaths due to COVID-19 (+6)
8,517 outbreaks (+8)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, show 84 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 51 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 2.92%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Thursday, 4,442,772 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 3,986,877 have been fully vaccinated.
Wednesday, March 30
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
The number of hospitalizations for confirmed cases of COVID-19 have reached their lowest point in the pandemic, per the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
1,345,099 cases (+1,454)
61,390 hospitalized (+32)
64 counties (+0)
4,815,207 people tested (+1,554)
17,035,155 test encounters (+12,126)
11,968 deaths among cases (+2)
12,989 deaths due to COVID-19 (+9)
8,509 outbreaks (+2)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, show 84 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 51 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 3.17%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Wednesday, 4,442,097 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 3,986,123 have been fully vaccinated.
Tuesday, March 29
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
1,343,645 cases (+1,342)
61,358 hospitalized (+22)
64 counties (+0)
4,813,653 people tested (+1,297)
17,023,029 test encounters (+11,292)
11,966 deaths among cases (+0)
12,980 deaths due to COVID-19 (+8)
8,507 outbreaks (+0)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, show 135 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 16 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 3.11%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Tuesday, 4,441,505 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 3,985,454 have been fully vaccinated.
Monday, March 28
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. A reminder that today's state data is an aggregate from the weekend as well as Monday's.
1,342,303 cases (+1,677)
61,336 hospitalized (+36)
64 counties (+0)
4,812,356 people tested (+4,793)
17,011,737 test encounters (+28,221)
11,966 deaths among cases (+15)
12,972 deaths due to COVID-19 (+15)
8,507 outbreaks (+1)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, show 135 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 16 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 3.33%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Monday, 4,440,739 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 3,984,741 have been fully vaccinated.
12:40 p.m. | BA.2 sublineage of omicron COVID-19 now accounts for nearly a quarter of all cases in Colorado, though it's still too early to tell if a seventh wave is starting across the state
Nearly a quarter of all sequenced cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Colorado now belong to the BA.2 sublineage of the omicron variant, according to state officials.
State epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy said during a virtual news conference that about 21% of specimens in the state belong to this sublineage, which is thought to be about 30% more transmissible than its cousin, BA.1 — the original omicron strain, according to early studies from the UK and Denmark.
Even though the sublineage is now being detected in about half of Colorado's wastewater systems, it's still too early to tell whether we're experiencing the beginning of a seventh wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Herlihy said Monday.
As of Monday afternoon, the state's positivity rate was 3.33%, continuing its upward trajectory since its lowest point so far this year, when the positivity rate was 2.51% on March 17.
Herlihy has previously said the state's 7-day average positivity rate is a key indicator of the trajectory of the virus in the state, but due a high level of immunity expected until at least the beginning of the summer and a lack of testing, it's difficult to tell whether the positivity rate is truly a trend or just a blip in the data.
Studies have shown that while omicron appears to be more transmissible, it does not appear to be more severe or cause increased immune system evasion from prior infection or vaccination than the original omicron strain, Herlihy said, though state health officials continue to caution Coloradans to get tested at the first sign of symptoms.
"We are still seeing some level of COVID in our communities ... we'd like to remind everyone that we do have plenty of testing that continues to be available across the entire state," Dr. Emily Travanty, the state lab director, said as she shared a slide of all the available testing sites where Coloradans can get tested for COVID-19, in order to provide the state with a better picture of the trajectory of the virus across Colorado.
Also as of Monday, Colorado surpassed the 2 million-mark for people who've received a booster, making up 37% of the total eligible population in the state.
The number of unvaccinated people decreased below a million for the first time, and the FDA will review documentation from both Moderna and Pfizer in the coming days to provide EUA for a second booster for different age groups, though state health officials anticipate the recommendation to be optional.
The FDA is expected to meet on April 6 to look at considerations for future recommended doses as well as the process for selecting strains for new COVID-19 vaccines, state health officials said.
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