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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...

Over 30 Colorado Counties Can Have 100 Percent Indoor Capacity Get our free mobile app CBS4 said that there is an update to the dial that allows full capacity indoors, but parties are still restricted to no more than ten people, and those groups must be separated from each other by at least six feet. Right now, Larimer and Weld County are Level Yellow, but have Level Blue business variances. Level Blue counties that have those variances, however, can also have 100 percent capacity. Colorado ha...

Courtesy Eagle County Incidence levels of COVID-19 are down in Eagle County, while vaccination numbers are up. Eagle County Emergency Management Director Birch Barron said it’s “pretty much solid good news all around” on Tuesday when he delivered his weekly update to the county commissioners. Last week, the county’s COVID-19 incidence rate — cases per 100,000 people — had inched into Level Orange, which is “high risk,” and that had local public health officials concerned. But th...

Vaccine eligibility expands Thursday, March 11, 2021 7:53 AM OHIO — Beginning Thursday, March 11, all Ohio residents aged 50 and over are eligible to receive any of three available COVID-19 vaccinations. Citing an increase in distribution of the vaccine, Governor Mike DeWine made the announcement Monday during a scheduled news briefing. The Ohio Department of Health has prioritized age in disseminating the vaccine. “Age is by far the biggest indicator,” DeWine said on Monday. ...

Restaurants can expand capacity under some levels of the COVID-19 dial, under changes announced by Colorado’s health department March 8.

Updated on March 3, 2021 at 1:20 pm NBCUniversal, Inc. North Texas school districts are responding after Gov. Greg Abbott ended the statewide mask mandate, effective next Wednesday. Many of the districts said they are awaiting guidance from the Texas Education Agency. Download our NBC DFW mobile app for Apple or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. That group tweeted out Tuesday afternoon that updated guidance will be coming this week. Statement from the Texas Education...

Steven Poole, executive director of the teachers union United Educators Association, said he believed districts would keep their mask mandates in place. "I dont see any of our districts doing that especially with the guidance from the Texas Education Agency that masks are required. It would take a lot to overturn that guidance from TEA," Poole said. Dallas superintendent Michael Hinojosa said he planned to keep the current policy in place and believed he had the full support of the school board...

Colorado Coronavirus Update: 596 New Cases Reported - Across Colorado, CO - Here are the latest coronavirus numbers in Colorado.

Colorado Coronavirus Update: 759 New Cases Reported - Across Colorado, CO - Here are the latest coronavirus numbers in Colorado.

With an increased incident rate seen in the county from the past week, the county could be facing a move back to more restrictions.