Special to the Daily After weeks of continuing increases in local COVID-19 cases, Eagle County disease levels appear to be flattening, albeit at a high level. “Generally speaking, people seem to be minimizing their social contacts and taking precautions that seem to be working,” said Eagle County Emergency Management Director Birch Barron in a Tuesday interview. There were 410 new Eagle County COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks. That is down from 487 new two-week cases last week and 491 two-week cases reported Dec. 8. While the number is headed downward, the county remains in the red level of the state’s COVID-19 risk meter for that metric.