Author: Erin Prater [email protected]
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COVID-19 surging in Colorado’s Front Range again, if toilets are a sign
Coronavirus is again surging in Colorado’s Front Range, if toilets are a telltale, potentially signaling a post-holiday increase in cases. Wastewater in large swaths of the Denver metro area, Boulder, northern Colorado Springs and Pueblo West is showing an increase in levels of the virus, shed by infected individuals in stool, according to data released…
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Partially reopening Colorado Springs-area restaurants hope to ‘live the good life again’
El Paso, Pueblo and Denver-metro counties were among 33 counties in Colorado to move from level “red” to “orange” on the state’s COVID-19 dial Monday — a change that allows indoor dining again at restaurants, and increased gym capacity, albeit limited. “I believe this is the beginning of better things,” said Teresa Vieira, co-owner and…
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Citing improvement, Polis seeks to ease COVID restrictions in all ‘Red’ counties
Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday he is asking the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to move Colorado counties that are currently in Level Red on the COVID-19 dial down to Orange on Monday. The move, which eases restrictions, would include the Denver metro area. Polis said on Twitter and Facebook that this is…
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Polis seeks to lower restrictions in all ‘Level Red’ counties in Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday he is asking the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to move Colorado counties that are currently in Level Red on the COVID-19 dial down to Orange on Monday. The move, which eases restrictions, would include the Pikes Peak region. Polis said on Twitter and Facebook that this is…
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Colorado man first in US to be diagnosed with mutant COVID-19 strain warned of by UK officials
A Colorado man is the first in the U.S. to be diagnosed with a new COVID-19 variant that United Kingdom officials recently warned was significantly more contagious, according to state health officials. The man, who lives in Elbert County, is in his 20s, with no travel history and no close contacts yet identified, state officials…
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Q&A with the leader of Colorado’s vaccine distribution joint taskforce
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently tapped the Colorado National Guard’s director of the joint staff, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Scott Sherman, to lead the state’s vaccination taskforce. The Gazette recently spoke with Sherman regarding service members’ involvement in the distribution of tens of thousands of doses across the state. (Editor’s note: This conversation has been…
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Additional COVID-19 vaccines received in Colorado made up for anticipated early shortfall: Officials
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is slated to receive nearly 84,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine next week, while receiving unanticipated doses that made up for a shortfall last week, state officials said Wednesday. Nearly 33,000 of those doses will come from Moderna, and 51,000 from Pfizer, Colorado National…
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Colorado COVID numbers continue downward as potential arrival of mutant strain looms
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado on Tuesday experienced its lowest new daily COVID-19 case count since late October, as the state’s seven-day average of new cases continued to decline ahead of the holidays and the potential arrival of a mutant new strain of the virus. Deaths, too, were down…
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Colorado COVID numbers continue downward as potential arrival of mutant strain looms
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado on Tuesday experienced its lowest new daily COVID-19 case count since late October, as the state’s seven-day average of new cases continued to decline ahead of the holidays and the potential arrival of a…
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Fort Carson to begin COVID vaccinations Tuesday; Schriever says doses en route, officials say
Fort Carson became the first military installation in Colorado to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine when it received a shipment of Moderna’s drug to be administered starting Tuesday, the post announced Monday, the same day Schriever Air Force Base said doses were on the way to that facility. The Evans Army Community Hospital at…