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The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and preve...

During an April 14 press conference, Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver Department of Public Health and Environment Executive Director Bob McDonald outlined new approaches to COVID-19 in the Mile High City. Included among them are a revised mask mandate that immediately lifts the requirement to wear a facial covering outdoors and an updated public-health order that will move the city to Level Blue on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environments dial dashboard as of Friday, April 16,...

Which counties are likeliest to ditch regulations the fastest? In some of the states most politically conservative counties, leaders and residents alike have decried restrictions since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago. And despite this state being solidly in the blue in statewide and national elections, there are a lot of conservative counties. In 2020, 37 of Colorados 64 counties voted for Donald Trump, who consistently downplayed the seriousness of the virus and pushed aggressiv...

Pitkin County Public Health on why strict COVID-19 measures remain in place Continued winter tourism, COVID-19 fatigue, variants and a changing population could all play a part in Pitkin Countys high COVID-19 incidence rate. Author: Katie Eastman Updated: 5:08 PM MDT April 6, 2021 PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. — In January, Pitkin County officials voted to voluntarily return to Level Red on the state dial because their incidence rates of COVID-19 were the highest in the...

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...

When did the world change? The shutdown of our local ski resorts a year ago is the line of demarcation for most of us here in Eagle County. When the lifts stopped spinning on March 14, 2020, just eight days after Eagle County’s first confirmed COVID-19 case, it sent the valley’s tourism-based economy into free fall. Spring break trips were quickly scrapped. Seasonal Vail Resorts workers were cast into limbo before eventually being told to vacate their housing, if able, by county order. Rest...

When the owners of iconic jazz club El Chapultepec decided to close the business for good in December, rumors spread about the future of the legendary spot: Would the building be torn down and replaced with a condo complex? Could someone buy the El Chapultepec name and keep the club going? Or would anyone have the moxie to take over the space and create something new? The family of Jerry Krantz, whod run the Pec for decades, decided not to sell the business and just shut it down. But they didnt...

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. ...

and last updated 2021-03-09 09:31:44-05 DENVER — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is relaxing some COVID-19 restrictions under an amended public health order issued Sunday. The changes include increased capacity for restaurants and an expanded last call to order alcohol for counties on Level Blue and Level Yellow on the states COVID-19 dial. The amended order is also bringing changes to the dial. While the levels — green, blue, yellow, red and purple — rem...

Colorado’s dial framework standardizes different levels of “openness” at the county level, CDPHE's website says