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As Mesa County inches close to 500 COVID-19-related deaths since the start of the pandemic, Mesa County Public Health is hopeful that the coronavirus surge in the Grand Valley over
The bad news regarding the recent COVID-19 surge in Mesa County is that hospitalizations are on the uptick.
With temperatures on the Western Slope dropping, flu season has once again begun.
Area hospitals continue to be near full due to the prevalence of COVID-19 patients As of Friday, 97.7% of staffed ICU beds were in use, as were 94.3% of hospital beds and 62.2% of ventilators, according to data from Mesa County Public Health. Those figures come as the county continues to see high COVID-19 case counts, particularly with the Delta variant, and a plateauing of vaccination rates. âIf they happen to reach full capacity, there are plans in place to increase capacity,â said Amanda Mayle, spokesperson for MCPH. âThat looks differently for each hospital. But theyâv...
For the first time in nearly a year, burn permits are available for Mesa County residents as spring burn season began Monday. Stage 1 fire restrictions werenât lifted in Mesa County until the end of October last year as health and resource concerns shut both the fall and spring burn seasons down in 2020. âDuring the spring, fire crews were tied up with COVID-19 response, and so resources were a real concern,â said Amanda Mayle, Mesa County Public Health spokesperson. Mesa County Public Health is the agency that issues burn permits for the county. âOn top of that, COVID is ...