Arvada Coronavirus Update: New Cases, Jeffco Public Schools Rates

Arvada CO

29 September, 2020

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ARVADA, CO — Over the past two weeks, 118 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Arvada, according to the latest public health data. Since the Labor Day weekend, the city has seen an uptick in the number of bi-weekly cases reported. As of Monday, there have been 1,110 cases on the Jeffco side of Arvada since the outbreak began, and 31 cases on the Adams County side, public health agencies confirmed. The rate of infection per 1,000 residents in Arvada is 8.98, up from 8.44 a week ago, according to Jeffco Public Health. Jeffco Public Schools has launched a COVID-19 dashboard that tracks cases in each school. There have been 60 cases in the district since Aug. 31, and as of Monday, there were six 'active' cases, the dashboard shows: Vanderhoof Elementary: 1Lakewood High: 1Kyffin Elementary: 3Everitt Middle: 3D'Evelyn Junior/Senior: 3Bear Creek High: 1 Coronavirus cases in neighboring areas: New cases reported over the past two weeksCases since the outbreak beganRate of infection per 1,000 peopleLakewood1791,99012.72Westminster414059.16Wheat Ridge4349315.72Fairmount9738.38 Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, there have been 9,149 cases of the coronavirus in Adams County, and 5,745 cases in Jefferson County. New cases reported over past weekCOVID-19 Cases since outbreak beganCOVID-19 DeathsAdams County6409,149226Jefferson County3465,745250 Don't miss the latest coronavirus updates from health and government officials in Arvada: Free Newsletters and Email Alerts | Facebook | Twitter Colorado public health officials have established a coronavirus dial for each county that shows different levels of 'openness.' Jefferson County is under the Safer at Home Level 2. To enter the 'Protect Our Neighbors phase, Jeffco needs to contain surges in cases and outbreaks through testing, case investigation, contact tracing, isolation, quarantine, site-specific closures and enforcement of public health orders: Sufficient hospital bed capacitySufficient personal protective equipment supplyStable or declining COVID-19 hospitalizationsSufficient testing capacityFewer new casesAbility to implement case investigation and contact tracing protocolDocumented surge-capacity plan for case investigation and contact tracingDocumented strategies to offer testing to close contacts Over the past week, 4,091 new cases have been reported in Colorado. The state has seen a spike in cases over the past month, which have been linked to colleges. As of Monday, 69,490 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Colorado among 894,996 people who have been tested since the outbreak began, health officials confirmed. Around 7,530 people have been hospitalized, and the death toll has reached 1,945 after 31 people died over the past week. Graph courtesy of Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. Data reported Monday, and may differ from Jeffco Public Health numbers due to delayed reporting.