Among the two confirmed cases of variant strains of the COVID-19 virus in Summit County, one was connected to the strain first discovered in the United Kingdom and the other to strains discovered on the.
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Summit County reported 101 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the week, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage
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At a town hall Friday, Feb. 5, Public Health Director Amy Wineland said county officials identified two cases of the COVID-19 variant strain over the week, as well.
The county also reported 41 hospitalizations. However, the jump in hospitalization numbers has to do with “a computational anomaly from the private (Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) database,” according to the webpage. The new total number of hospitalizations among residents since March 5 is 110.
On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis announced a new dial, which looks at data on a seven-day average as opposed to the 14-day average it was using. The new dial also changes the incidence rate requirements for each level. Level orange would include counties with seven-day incidence rates averaging 300-500 new cases per 100,000 peop
Over the week, Summit County officials confirmed the first case of multisystem inflamatory syndrome in a resident child.
The syndrome is a condition that has shown to be connected to COVID-19 and results in the inflammation of various parts of the body, including the heart, lungs, kidney, brain, skin, eyes and gastrointestinal tract, Public Health Director Amy Wineland said at a Board of Health meeting Thursday, Jan. 28.
The syndrome only appears in children, and officials haven’t identified an exact cause, Wineland said. However, children who are diagnosed with it have often been previously diagnosed with COVID-19 or have been around someone, such as a parent, who tested positive for the virus.
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A sign informs visitors of the mandatory mask zone in Breckenridge on July 12. The zone encompasses all of Main Street as well as some surrounding areas. Summit County officials are working to find ways to improve compliance with COVID-19 regulations as the community struggles with pandemic fatigue.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the most recent COVID-19 case data published by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Education.
Although COVID-19 cases across Colorado are on the decline, the opposite trend is happening in Summit County and other resort communities.
As of Wednesday, Jan. 27, the state’s two-week cumulative incidence rate was 384.6 new cases per 100,000 people, a number that has been steadily declining since the state saw a bump in cases in mid-January.