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Colorado is in a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, state officials said Friday this as Gov. Jared Polis said he still plans to give counties the authority next week to drive local pandemic response.
The worst of the pandemic is behind the state due to higher vaccination rates among older residents, hence the transfer of authority, Polis has said.
But COVID-19 still poses a significant risk: Two variants, which are more transmissible than the standard disease and circulating more widely among a younger demographic, now account for more than half of cases in Colorado. Colorado s seven-day average of newly reported cases is at its highest point since late January. The state s positivity rate is at its highest since mid-January. And hospitalizations have hit their highest mark since mid-February, according to state data.
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Pitkin County s virus rate is the worst in the state, nearly double that of the next highest county. Other counties with destination ski resorts – Eagle, Routt and San Miguel – are among the worst 15, but still pale in comparison to Pitkin County’s rates. Alex Hager / Aspen Public Radio
Pitkin County has the highest incidence rate of COVID-19 in all of Colorado, nearly double that of the next highest county. Those alarmingly high numbers have sparked strict public health measures and strained contact tracers – but experts cannot pin down what’s driving the spike.
“We ran hundreds of calculations trying to determine what is really the difference here in Pitkin County, what is leading to this increase–and we didn’t really find anything,” said Josh Vance, an epidemiologist for the county.