The Pueblo Chieftain
We know we have written a lot of editorials about COVID-19 and the pandemic and associated issues therein, yet we make no apology for writing another for today.
You see, this past Wednesday in Pueblo County we had 28 reported COVID-related deaths according to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment.
28. One day. Here in little old Pueblo. And that’s scary.
Oh, and Thursday? Well, that reported number was 20.
Now granted, we had a few “good” days leading up to Wednesday. That is, of course, if you consider a day with only a few deaths a good day. Tuesday it was one, Monday two, Sunday three. From our perspective, one is too many. One represents a family without a loved one, a lift cut short, a sadness.
Pitkin County’s board of health to get local vaccine update Thursday at meeting
Staff and wire reports
Colorado will receive its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines next week if the federal approval process goes smoothly and supply chains function as expected, state health officials said Wednesday.
The Pitkin County Board of Health has a meeting Thursday, and an update on the local vaccine rollout is on the agenda
. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Executive Director Jill Hunsaker is also schedule to give a state update at Thursday’s Pitkin County meeting.
The state is expecting 46,800 doses of the Pfizer vaccine the week of Dec. 13 and 95,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine the following week of Dec. 20, according to Scott Bookman, COVID-19 incident commander for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Cedar Springs Hospital is providing notice of an incident that may affect the security of information relating to certain Cedar Springs Hospital patients.
Cedar Springs Hospital recently received a request from its licensing agency, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment ( CDPHE ), for certain hospital records. As a licensed healthcare provider, Cedar Springs Hospital is subject to periodic surveys by CDPHE and in connection with those surveys, the CDPHE is entitled to various hospital records, including, but not limited to, those containing patient health information. In late October, in connection with a survey, the CDPHE requested Cedar Springs Hospital copy a number of records onto an external drive that CDPHE provided to the facility. Cedar Springs Hospital complied with the request. On October 28, 2020, CDPHE notified Cedar Springs Hospital that the surveyor misplaced the external device