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PitCo commissioners approve full-time position to ease staff burnout
A 94-year-old Pitkin County man has died after contracting the coronavirus, county and hospital officials confirmed Friday. The man, who has not been identified, died as a result of severe acute hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia with several other secondary diagnoses, according to a report from county epidemiologist Josh Vance. The man died Dec. 26, according to the report, and he is the fourth Pitkin County resident whose death is considered associated with COVID-19. How the man contracted the virus has not been released. Aspen Valley Hospital spokeswoman Jennifer Slaught...
A 94-year-old Pitkin County man has died after contracting the coronavirus, county and hospital officials confirmed Friday. The man, who has not been identified, died as a result of severe acute hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia with several other secondary diagnoses, according to a report from county epidemiologist Josh Vance. The man died Dec. 26, according to the report, and he is the fourth Pitkin County resident whose death is considered associated with COVID-19. How the man contracted the virus has not been released. Aspen Valley Hospital spokeswoman Jennifer Slaught...