Denver has been given the okay to take part in Colorado s 5 Star State Certification Program, Mayor Michael Hancock announced during a January 14 press conference about the city s COVID-19 response. Being certified for the program allows qualifying restaurants and businesses to operate at Level Yellow capacity levels; they re currently stuck at Level Orange. However, Hancock and other officials say that pre-certification can t begin quite yet because the city needs to set up the proper infrastructure, and in any event, the restrictions will remain where they are until Denver achieves Level Orange case counts for a week. And right now, the number of infections is actually growing again following the recent holidays.