Summit County reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 over the week, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage.
The total number of cases among residents stands at 3,649. Two new hospitalizations among residents were reported over the week for a total of 136 since March 5, 2020.
The state’s COVID-19 dial expired last week, and Summit County health officials adopted a similar though less restrictive dial to use locally. The dial change returned Summit to level yellow. To move forward on the dial into level blue, the county would need an incidence rate of 250 or lower and 60% of residents would need to be fully vaccinated.
Summit High School senior Gray Wasson runs down the Roberts Tunnel trail in Dillon with his dog, Bentley, on April 2. Wasson ran 5 kilometers Friday as part of the Summit Parent Teacher Student Organization s fundraiser throughout the month of April to raise money for the 2021 graduating class.
Photo by Ashley Low / Ashley Low Photography
In her family’s home, Summit Parent Teacher Student Organization Vice President Alaina Brenner refers to this stretch of schooling as “the empty year.”
Brenner, the parent of a 2021 senior, has seen how the lack of normalcy in response to the novel coronavirus acutely affects soon-to-be graduates. For seniors like her child, that extends beyond the two days of in-person education seniors are able to attend.
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Summit County reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 over the week, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage.
The total number of cases among residents stands at 3,110. No hospitalizations among residents were reported over the week, keeping the total number since March 5, 2020, at 128.
Also this week, the county reported two additional deaths from the virus, which occurred Feb. 5 and 6. No additional information about the deaths was provided, and the total number of deaths since the pandemic began is unclear.
On the state’s COVID-19 dial, the county has remained within level yellow. According to the state’s dial dashboard
, the county was reporting 158.2 new cases per 100,000 people as of 4 p.m. Friday. That number is down 41.9 cases per 100,000 people from last week and falls within level yellow on the dial.
A common ingredient in many of the new COVID-19 outbreaks identified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is fun. Under current circumstances, having a good time comes at a risk.
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 prevent future infections.