Colorado Counties With The Highest Coronavirus Rates: Update

Arvada CO

23 November, 2020

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COLORADO — Between Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m., 3,685 new coronavirus cases were reported in Colorado, according to the latest state public health data. While case rates climb in Denver's metro area, some rural counties have higher COVID-19 rates than the more populated areas. As of Sunday, 35 percent of Colorado hospitals anticipated staff shortages within the next week, and 11 percent anticipated intensive care unit bed shortages over the next week, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Around 47 percent of the state's critical care ventilators were in use Sunday, the data shows. Twenty counties have shifted to the more restrictive 'Level Red' on the state's COVID-19 dial. The level limits restaurants to outdoor dining, takeout and delivery, and the last call for alcohol is 8 p.m. Stores are limited to 15 percent capacity. Nobody is permitted to gather with people who live outside their household. Here are the 20 Colorado counties with the highest coronavirus case rates out of 100,000 people, according to the latest public health data: Crowley County: 16694.3Logan County: 9149.4Adams County: 5045.33Morgan County: 4985.51Fremont County: 4497.85Denver County: 4461.23Sedgwick County: 4306.86Summit County: 4292.68Pueblo County: 4008.09Prowers County: 3984.49Washington County: 3922.4Eagle County: 3724.35Weld County: 3711.97Phillips County: 3693.31Arapahoe County: 3622.75Kit Carson County: 3507.3Alamosa County: 3188.93Mineral County: 3141.36Garfield County: 3134.56El Paso County: 3122.52 >> You can find your county's rate on Colorado's open data portal here. Images courtesy of CDPHE open data portal Don't miss the latest coronavirus updates from health and government officials in Colorado. Sign up for free Patch news alerts and newsletters for what you need to know daily. An emergency coronavirus alert was sent to Coloradans' phones at 9 a.m. Sunday. The alerts went out to residents in 'Level Red' counties on the state's COVID-19 dial.