As Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center and Chaffee County Public Health prepare to receive the first batches of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the case count in Chaffee county shows no sign of slowing with 27 cases reported from Saturday through Monday.
Mondayâs case count was 13. One of those testing positive on Saturday was a staff member at Buena Vista Correctional Facility, which is in the midst of an outbreak. Colorado Department of Corrections currently list 54 inmates with active cases of COVID-19.
One of the county cases identified in the last 7 days, a 74-year-old man in the south end of the county died, but it was unknown whether his death was a direct result of the virus.
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Gov. Jared Polis received the state s first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday morning. Author: Bobbi Sheldon, Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, Dacia Johnson (9NEWS) Published: 6:04 AM MST December 14, 2020 Updated: 10:15 PM MST December 14, 2020
DENVER The state s first COVID-19 vaccines were administered to frontline health-care workers Monday afternoon after Colorado received its first shipment of Pfizer s vaccine Monday morning.
“This is just the start of the distribution,” Gov. Jared Polis said. “It’ll help protect some of our most vulnerable, the tireless COVID workers who work in COVID wards every day, and then more will become available for the general population to help end the pandemic.
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