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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis: 'Now's not the time to break down' on COVID-19 precautions Sarah Kyle, Fort Collins Coloradoan Watch as local healthcare workers get Colorado's first COVID-19 vaccines Replay Video UP NEXT Coloradans successfully prevented a post-Thanksgiving spike in COVID-19 cases, and now Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and state health officials are urging them to do the same with Christmas and New Year's.  "Now's not the time to break down," Polis said during a Friday news conference on COVID-19 in the state. "If we can prevent a Christmas and New Year's spike, as ...

Governor Jared Polis's December 18 update on the fight against COVID-19 contained a blend of optimism and negativity. Data provided by Polis and state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy showed that positive cases and hospitalizations related to the novel coronavirus are trending downward slightly — but continue to maintain a level higher than they would like. Moreover, the lower figures in other categories haven't yet translated to a dip in fatalities, which are setting grim records. "One place where we haven't seen improvements is in reported deaths," Herlihy confirmed. "The numbers remain ...