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Weld County Has Seen More COVID Deaths, Cases Than Larimer County
COVID has now officially been in Colorado for more than a year.
The pandemic has certainly impacted all ways of life in Northern Colorado. But data from the Colorado Department of Health, shows the virus has been more deadly on the east side of Interstate 25.
Here s a comparison of Larimer and Weld county data:
Larimer County: 356,938 population. 224 deaths. 20,370 cases (5,706.9 cases per 100K).
Weld County: 323,763 population. 319 deaths. 25,779 cases (7,962.2 cases per 100K).
While Weld County has 33,175 less people than it s Larimer County neighbor, Weld has seen nearly 100 more deaths and 5,000 more total cases.
Editor’s Note: After this article was published, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment approved Routt County’s request to move to level yellow. The story was updated to reflect these changes at 3:45 p.m.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS The Routt County Board of Health approved sending a letter to state health officials Wednesday asking to be moved to level yellow on the state’s COVID-19 dial.
The move was then approved by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment shortly after the meeting, and the county will be moved to level yellow at 6 a.m. Friday.
Under level yellow, capacities in restaurants, non-critical manufacturing, gyms, fitness centers and indoor events and entertainment will increase to 50%, up from 25% under level orange. Capacity in offices will also increase to 50%, but remote work is still strongly encouraged.
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Medical assistant Yasmin Tellez preps a Modetna COVID-19 vaccination at Globeville s Clinica Tepeyac. Jan. 26, 2021. Experts say vaccination efforts will have to quicken to stay ahead of viral mutations.
Behind the recent drop in Colorado s COVID-19 case numbers is a persistent growth in the number of viral variant cases detected that have the potential to mess with everything from in-person school to the re-opening of the economy.
The variants have turned the effort to vaccinate Coloradans into a race to develop immunity before the virus has morphed itself significantly enough to evade the vaccines.
“I m nervous about the variants,” said Dr. Anuj Mehta, a pulmonologist with National Jewish Health and Denver Health, who serves on the Governor’s Expert Emergency Epidemic Response Committee. “I m just concerned that the variants could potentially fuel another surge.”