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socially-distant high five, everyone).  According to John Hopkins University, the World Health Organization uses five percent positivity rate as a threshold of how well a population is managing the spread of COVID-19. In October of 2020, Colorado's positivity rate exceeded five percent, and continued to grow. As we headed into the holidays and colder weather, a majority of counties shifted back to Level Red restrictions towards the end of the fall. 'World Health Organization (WHO) advised governments that before reopening, rates of positivity in testing....should remain at 5% or lower for...

A frequent refrain of Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Dr. Rachel Herlihy: Even though current COVID-19 data is improving, the prevalence of the novel coronavirus in the state remains high — even without the risks associated with disease variants. As a result, they stress the continuing importance of wearing masks in public, maintaining a physical distance of at least six feet from others and avoiding social get-togethers with people from different households until after 70 percent of the public has been vaccinated — something not expecte...

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is planning to loosen restrictions on the dial dashboard created to track the progress of COVID-19 in the state, offering more flexibility to smaller counties and moving to seven- rather than fourteen-day spans of the most relevant metrics around COVID-19. The moves are justified by the latest data, which continues to show overall stability — albeit with modest increases in several major categories. Here are the most recent numbers, updated at 4:30 p.m. on January 31. We've included a new category — variant cases confirmed in Colora...

More than 1,100 patients had scheduled appointments to be vaccinated at UCHealth's clinic at their administrative offices in Colorado Springs. The health care provider anticipates being able to vaccinate up to 5,000 patients per week.

On Tuesday, February 2, the City and County of Denver will begin accepting online applications for its new 5 Star Certification program. The goal is to allow restaurants and certain other establishments (such as gyms, salons and other businesses operating under capacity limits) that show they are meeting specific COVID-related guidelines, in order to be certified to operate at a less restrictive level on the Colorado COVID dial than the county as a whole. For restaurants, the main advantages of the program are increased indoor capacity and later last calls for alcohol. Mayor Michael Hancock...