More than 1,650,900 people in Colorado have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 68,900 have been hospitalized as of Sunday, 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, Oct. 14
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
1,663,241 cases (+727)
69,123 hospitalized (+15)
64 counties (+0)
5,126,372 people tested (+1,530)
20,371,574 test encounters (+8,932)
13,365 deaths among cases (+0)
14,077 deaths due to COVID-19 (+7)
9,852 outbreaks (+0)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 165 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 20 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.26%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Friday, 4,438,772 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,049,947 have been fully vaccinated.
For the week ending Oct. 14, Colorado reported a total of 4,313 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 183 (+4.4%) from last week. The state's positivity rate went down by 0.24% from a week ago on Friday, to 5.26%.
11:34 a.m. | CDPHE: Get boosted by Oct. 17 to have added protection from COVID-19 by Halloween
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says Coloradans wanting added protection ahead of the Halloween holiday should get the COVID-19 bivalent booster targeting the BA.4/5 omicron variants by Monday, Oct. 17.
Find a community vaccination site by clicking here.
The bivalent boosters are available for kids as young as 5 years of age and should be administered two months after the most recent COVID-19 vaccine or three months after a recent COVID-19 infection, according to guidelines from the CDC.
Thursday, Oct. 13
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
1,662,514 cases (+869)
69,108 hospitalized (+27)
64 counties (+0)
5,124,842 people tested (+1,223)
20,362,642 test encounters (+16,515)
13,365 deaths among cases (+11)
14,070 deaths due to COVID-19 (+5)
9,852 outbreaks (+18)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 165 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 20 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.19%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Thursday, 4,437,362 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,045,594 have been fully vaccinated.
Wednesday, Oct. 12
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
1,661,645 cases (+691)
69,081 hospitalized (+95)
64 counties (+0)
5,123,619 people tested (+1,181)
20,346,127 test encounters (+14,433)
13,354 deaths among cases (+6)
14,065 deaths due to COVID-19 (+7)
9,834 outbreaks (+0)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 165 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 20 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.07%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Wednesday, 4,436,711 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,045,035 have been fully vaccinated.
8:47 a.m. | FDA authorizes omicron-targeting COVID-19 booster for younger kids
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the bivalent COVID-19 booster shot for people under 18 years of age.
- The Pfizer booster can be administered at least two months following completion of the primary vaccine series in children five years and older
- Moderna's booster is authorized for children six years and older
Just over 30% of children as young as five have completed their primary vaccine series, the CDC reports.
Wednesday's authorization comes about three months after the FDA authorized the bivalent booster for people for adults.
Tuesday, Oct. 11
4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data
Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
1,660,954 cases (+639)
68,986 hospitalized (+17)
64 counties (+0)
5,122,438 people tested (+819)
20,331,694 test encounters (+5,188)
13,348 deaths among cases (+9)
14,058 deaths due to COVID-19 (+9)
9,834 outbreaks (+0)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 185 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 14 more than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.18%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Tuesday, 4,435,772 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado, 4,044,227 have been fully vaccinated, and 722,345 have received two boosters of the COVID-19 vaccine.
12:55 p.m. | Latest COVID-19 modeling projects continued decline in hospitalizations if no new variant appears in Colorado
COVID-19 hospitalizations are projected to continue declining through the end of 2022 if the BA.5 sublineage of the omicron variant remains the dominant variant of concern in Colorado for the remainder of the year, but things could change should a more virulent and infectious variant take hold, the latest report from the state’s COVID-19 modeling team shows.
Though statewide hospitalizations for COVID-19 have increased over the past two weeks in Colorado, other data trends show a mixed picture of the trajectory of the virus: SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentrations indicate a slow decline in infections statewide but increases in some regions, for example, and the state’s positivity rate has plateaued above 5%, modelers from the Colorado School of Public Health wrote in their latest report, dated Oct. 6.
“It is unclear if the recent rise in hospitalized COVID-19 patients is due to chance or a shift in disease patterns,” the modelers noted. “Notably, hospital admissions continue to decline nationally and in Colorado.”
Monday, Oct. 10
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 data includes numbers from the weekend as well as Monday's.
1,660,315 cases (+1,387)
68,963 hospitalized (+7)
64 counties (+0)
5,121,619 people tested (+2,394)
20,326,506 test encounters (+29,239)
13,339 deaths among cases (+6)
14,049 deaths due to COVID-19 (+0)
9,834 outbreaks (+0)
The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 185 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 14 more than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.35%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.
As of Monday, 4,610,134 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,145,607 have been fully vaccinated.
9 a.m. | Colorado's COVID-19 outlook
For the week ending Oct. 7, Colorado reported a total of 4,130 cases of the novel coronavirus, a decrease of 805 (-16%) from last week. The state's positivity rate went down by 0.08% from a week ago on Friday, to 5.50%.
Click here for the COVID-19 live blog for Oct. 3-Oct. 9, 2022.
