Colorado changes COVID-19 dial for public health orders By PATTY NIEBERGFebruary 5, 2021 GMT DENVER (AP) — Colorado will use an updated COVID-19 dial which allows counties to move between public health restriction levels more swiftly, officials said Friday. “When disease transmission is low, there’s ample hospital capacity, we can sustain a lot greater degree of ability to engage in closer one-on-one interactions in the final months of the pandemic,” Gov. Jared Polis said. The state’s amended dial which dictates county-wide restrictions on businesses and gatherings based on new cases and hospitalizations will go into effect at 9 a.m. on Saturday.