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The nursing home at the Good Samaritan Society in Simla in Elbert County is where the National Guardsman that caught the more contagious strain of the COVID virus was working. It is still unclear as to if this was where he caught it. A couple of passersby walk by the nursing home on the other side of the street in Simla on Dec. 30. Simla is a very small, quiet rural town that is about an hour east of Colorado Springs on Hwy. 24.
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Erin Prater & Seth Klamann
The Gazette Jan 29, 2021
Colorado projects COVID-19 safety measures can save 4,000 lives
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DENVER – Health officials in Colorado have projected that more than 4,000 lives could be saved in the state if residents continue following safety guidelines intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19 through the end of spring.
Projections made public by the Colorado School of Public Health show the pandemic’s death toll could reach 6,000 by June 1 even if everything goes right, including maintaining safety measures, vaccinating older residents and containing strains of the new virus,
Originally published on January 25, 2021 12:13 pm
Some of the Mountain West s COVID-19 hotspots have been, and continue to be, areas with major ski resorts.
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One of the earliest hot spots in the pandemic was Blaine County, Idaho. That area surrounding the Sun Valley Ski Resort had one of the highest levels of COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation for a while.
Now, areas with the highest rates of the virus include Teton County, Wyo., home to Jackson, and Pitkin County, Colo., home to Aspen.
Officials in San Miguel County, Colo., which includes Telluride, say they ve tracked the virus s spread, and it isn t coming from the slopes, the chairlifts or lift lines – it s from gatherings afterwards, or the après-ski.
New website pulls data from federal, state and private data resources to better inform decision-making
The Colorado School of Public Health recently launched a new website that provides detailed, county-level data tied to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Colorado Population Data Dashboard is designed to help local public health agencies (LPHAs), county commissioners, community leaders, and the general public make more informed short- and long-term decisions about protecting public health.
The website provides health and economic data for each Colorado county. The data categories include:
COVID-19 surveillance indicators, including past 7-day positivity, case, test, hospitalization, and death rates
Demographics, including age, ethnicity, and race
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