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GarCo Dems want commissioners off county health board


The Garfield County Democratic Party has endorsed a bill making its way through the Colorado Legislature that would remove elected county commissioners from the statutorily required local public health board.
But the three Republican county commissioners say they intend to continue serving in their roles on the Garfield County Board of Health.
The health board takes advice from and gives direction to the county’s Department of Public Health, and decides certain policy matters, especially when it comes to spending.
County-level health boards have become crucial during the past year in the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Many, including those in neighboring Pitkin and Mesa counties, have relied heavily on medical experts and institutional representatives in helping to make those decisions, county Democrats pointed out in a recently issued press release. ....

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Garfield County COVID-19 case numbers continue to decline


Chelsea Self / Post Independent
The rate of new coronavirus disease cases in Garfield County continues to decline, following state and national trends of late, but there is some concern that the number of people seeking testing has also dropped off.
As of Tuesday, the number of new COVID-19 cases per day over the past two weeks had dropped to less than nine.
The latest seven-day total was 34 cases, and the county’s test positivity rate has dropped to 2.2%.
Both of those measures, and a test-turnaround time of 1.8 days, puts Garfield County at Level Blue, or “cautious,” in terms of risk of disease spread. ....

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Garfield Public Health, state investigating possible COVID-19 variant case in Glenwood Springs school


Chelsea Self/Glenwood Springs Post Independent
Garfield County Public Health and Roaring Fork Schools are cooperating with Colorado public health officials to investigate possible exposure at a Glenwood Springs school to coronavirus disease variant.
Local officials were made aware by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment that a Sopris Elementary student “and/or” staff member may have been exposed to one of the different COVID variants earlier this month.
“The health department is working with a dedicated team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to determine potential exposure and contain any further spread,” Garfield Public Health said in a Saturday morning press release. ....

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