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The nursing home at the Good Samaritan Society in Simla in Elbert County is where the National Guardsman that caught the more contagious strain of the COVID virus was working. It is still unclear as to if this was where he caught it. A couple of passersby walk by the nursing home on the other side of the street in Simla on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Simla is a very small, quiet rural town that is about an hour east of Colorado Springs on Hwy. 24.(Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) JERILEE BENNETT

COVID-19 outbreaks at Colorado’s two In-N-Out restaurants grow to 122 employees Kevin Lanceplaine By: MATT SEBASTIAN | The Denver Post Posted at 11:30 PM, Dec 30, 2020 and last updated 2020-12-31 20:33:15-05 The COVID-19 outbreaks at Colorado’s two In-N-Out Burger restaurants have grown over the last week, with the state now reporting 122 employees have tested positive for the virus between the chain’s Aurora and Colorado Springs locations. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s outbreak database, updated publicly every Wednesday, now s...

Throughout this pandemic, we have had to walk a difficult line between the public health crisis and the economic crisis. In reviewing the data today, Colorado has been in a sustained decline for 13 days, and only 73% of ICU beds statewide are in use. This is a direct result of Coloradans stepping up and taking the steps to protect themselves and others. In light of this and based on the data, I'm asking CDPHE to move counties in Red on the dial to Orange, effective Monday, January 4, 2021. This only applies to counties in Red, which is the category designed to prevent us from having to lockdo...

MGN/CDPHE Colo. (KRDO) -- Wednesday night, Governor Jared Polis issued a statement saying he is asking the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to move all counties at Level Red on the dial to Level Orange. If approved, this would take effect Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Gov. Polis said after reviewing the data, he saw that Colorado has been in a sustained decline for 13 days, and only 73% of ICU beds statewide are in use. He thanked Coloradans for stepping up and making an effort to protect themselves and others. The governor encourages people to continue that safety-mentality thr...

Polis says indoor dining "reasonably safe" in move from Level Red to Orange Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. David Zalubowski/AP Colorado Gov. Jared Polis puts on his face mask as he leaves a news conference on the state's efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus Wednesday, June 24, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) and last updated 2021-01-05 14:59:35-05 DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday said bringing back indoor dining drove his decision to ask state health officia...