Officials from Jefferson County Public Health on Thursday announced stricter rules strategies aimed to reduce the recent spike of COVID-19 throughout the county.

Effective Friday the county will: prohibit spectators at high school sporting events; prohibit spectators at adult recreational and league sports; limit outdoor events to a maximum of 75 people and limit indoor events to 25 people within useable space; and move alcohol last call from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The order is in place until midnight on Nov. 29 unless it is extended, rescinded, superseded or amended.

“We have continued to see cases of the virus increase across our county over the past months at very concerning rates, and have been out of compliance with the state’s two-week case count limits for Level 2 of the Dial Framework since October 16,” said Dr. Margaret Huffman, Director of Community Health Services at JCPH in a press release.

“We have a brief window of opportunity to get our cases under control, or our county will be moved to Level 3 and face even more restrictions. I want to emphasize how critical these next couple of weeks are — we’ve seen other counties be moved on the Dial already, but that doesn’t have to be the path for JeffCo if we can all come together right now.”

Over the last 14 days, 1,815 new cases of the coronavirus have been reported by Jefferson County officials, and hospitalizations have increased by more than 80%, according to the release.

The move comes after Adams, Arapahoe and Denver counties all enacted stricter COVID-19 regulations.

Local health officials recently launched a campaign, “Together We Go Forward,” that asks community members to assist in keeping the community open for business.