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Colorado is leading the nation with the highest rate of new coronavirus cases over the past seven days, federal data shows. But COVID-19 metrics statewide are lower than at any point since March and far below fall spikes, some state experts counter. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention data show Colorado is seeing about 145 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people on average over seven days. Alabama has the second highest rate of cases, followed by Maine and Minnesota. The state is far ou...

The general public is no longer required to wear a mask in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday, bringing the state in line with federal guidance while still encouraging unvaccinated residents to keep wearing face coverings. Masks will no longer be required by the state for vaccinated or unvaccinated people, Polis told reporters Friday afternoon. Face coverings will still be required in schools, prisons, hospitals, child care settings and other specific, controlled locations. But even th...

As of May 10, 2021, there are 653 confirmed cases and 50 suspected cases of COVID-19 among hospitalized patients in Colorado. Some health officials in Colorado have warned that continued high numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations point to the pandemic not being over yet despite the states average infection rate decreasing by nearly a third since April. Colorado was averaging 1,731 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases each day in late April — the most since Jan. 19 — but the numbers fell nearly ev...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Some health officials in Colorado have warned that continued high numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations point to the pandemic not being over yet despite the states average…

The average number of COVID-19 cases identified daily in Colorado has fallen by nearly a third since late April, a sign that the state is heading "in a positive direction," one expert said. But another warned that continued high levels of hospital admissions means that the fourth pandemic wave is not yet over. On April 25, Colorado was averaging 1,731 new COVID-19 cases each day, the most since Jan. 19. But the numbers have fallen nearly every day since then, and the state has averaged 1,182 ne...

With the retirement of Colorado’s color-coded COVID-19 restrictions dial, state and local leaders are today steering Colorado toward a pandemic off-ramp. Whether that succeeds or fails will depend mightily on a few more weeks of personal responsibility and restraint from a restrictions-fatigued population.

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News During the COVID-19 pandemic, a sign on Berthoud Pass reminds travelers to wear a face mask, Thursday morning, Oct. 22, 2020. Aaron Weiss was 72 hours away from getting his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine when it hit.  He started feeling tired. That soon turned into “textbook COVID,” complete with a hacking cough, extreme exhaustion and what Weiss called the “worst flu you ever had.” “Just absolutely brutal,” Weiss said. “Aches. Night sweats. Just ...

Days ahead of when Colorado officials plan to turn much of COVID-19 response over to local authorities, a team of health researchers wrote that the state risks more hospitalizations and

Hart Van Denburg/CPR News A mass vaccination clinic for those 70 and older, and underserved communities, at the National Western Complex in Denver on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Rolling out vaccine access by age group has changed the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado, even as cases and the rate of positive tests are back on the rise among younger age groups and yet another variant of the virus has been detected in the state. In Colorado and most other states, the idea behind the vacci...

Today Sunny skies this morning will give way to occasional showers during the afternoon. High 66F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.. Tonight Showers early, then partly cloudy overnight. Low 33F. Winds NNW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Updated: April 6, 2021 @ 11:02 am