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Colorado is leading the nation with the highest rate of new coronavirus cases over the past seven days, federal data shows. But COVID-19 metrics statewide are lower than at any point since March and far below fall spikes, some state experts counter. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention data show Colorado is seeing about 145 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people on average over seven days. Alabama has the second highest rate of cases, followed by Maine and Minnesota. The state is far outpacing all of its neighbors for new cases; none are in the top 10. Colorado is averaging about 968 ...

The general public is no longer required to wear a mask in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis announced Friday, bringing the state in line with federal guidance while still encouraging unvaccinated residents to keep wearing face coverings. Masks will no longer be required by the state for vaccinated or unvaccinated people, Polis told reporters Friday afternoon. Face coverings will still be required in schools, prisons, hospitals, child care settings and other specific, controlled locations. But even those lingering requirements will end June 1, and districts can choose to allow fully vaccinated stude...

As of May 10, 2021, there are 653 confirmed cases and 50 suspected cases of COVID-19 among hospitalized patients in Colorado. Some health officials in Colorado have warned that continued high numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations point to the pandemic not being over yet despite the state's average infection rate decreasing by nearly a third since April. Colorado was averaging 1,731 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases each day in late April — the most since Jan. 19 — but the numbers fell nearly every day since then, The Gazette reported Monday. The state now averages 1,182 newly confirmed COVID...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Some health officials in Colorado have warned that continued high numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations point to the pandemic not being over yet despite the state's average…

The average number of COVID-19 cases identified daily in Colorado has fallen by nearly a third since late April, a sign that the state is heading "in a positive direction," one expert said. But another warned that continued high levels of hospital admissions means that the fourth pandemic wave is not yet over. On April 25, Colorado was averaging 1,731 new COVID-19 cases each day, the most since Jan. 19. But the numbers have fallen nearly every day since then, and the state has averaged 1,182 new cases over the past week. What's more, the average positivity rate, which had topped 6% for the fi...