More than 308,000 people in Colorado have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 17,000 have been hospitalized as of Monday morning, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
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Below we update this blog with the latest information on COVID-19 in Colorado.
Latest updates:
Monday, December 21st
22:30 h | Open site for free community testing in Longmont, Denver
A free COVID-19 test site is open from December 17 to December 17. 31 in Longmont.
The site is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., located at 4209 County Road 24 1/2 in Longmont. It will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment also announced an open test site at 4030 S. Newton St. in Denver. It is open from Tuesday to Friday from 2 pm to 6 pm and on Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm. This place will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day and its schedule is subject to change after January 2nd.
Colorado residents are advised that they need or want to take a test at any of the statewide community testing sites and events. Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should be tested and quarantined.
22:20 pm | CDPHE expects 95,600 doses of Modern vaccine
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) predicts that 95,600 doses of the Modern COVID-19 vaccine will arrive Monday through Tuesday.
CDPHE said 12,300 of the doses went to 12 facilities.
Last week, Colorado received 46,790 doses. According to CDPHE, all doses have been taken into account and the distribution goes smoothly.
The initial Colorado allocation was 46,800 doses, but with a sixth dose in each vial, the first allocation amounted to 56,160 doses.
Colorado will require all COVID-19 vaccination providers to report doses administered to the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) within 72 hours of vaccination to ensure that no vaccine is missed. dose. If a provider cannot vaccinate enough people in the cooling period, the vaccines will be moved to another location.
4:30 pm | Latest Colorado COVID-19 issues
These are the latest coronavirus numbers for Colorado, starting at 4 p.m. Monday, with Sunday’s change in parentheses.
311,036 cases (+2,146)
17,228 hospitalized (+57)
64 counties (+0)
2,047,121 people tested (+12,488)
4,076,421 test matches (+31,861)
4,378 deaths between cases (+10)
3,511 killed by COVID-19 (+84)
2,828 outbreaks (+8)
The latest hospital data showed 1,386 beds in use by patients with COVID-19 or suspected patients with COVID-19. The three-day average positivity rate on Sunday in Colorado was 7.11%. The state’s goal is to stay below 5%.
A total of 33,934 vaccines have been administered in Colorado as of Sunday.
GRAPH: COVID-19 hospital beds in use from 21 December 2020
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