The Colorado Sun
John Ingold
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Articles By John Ingold

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Deaths of at least 32 Colorado nursing home, senior living center residents linked to coronavirus

Six people have died of COVID-19 complications at Centennial Healthcare Center in Greeley alone. Four others from one Littleton assisted-living center, Libby Bortz, also have died.

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Colorado is extending its special health insurance enrollment period because so many are rushing to get coverage

The state created the enrollment period so more people can have health insurance as the coronavirus spreads

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Months ago, Colorado trained to prepare for a pandemic. But not one like the coronavirus.

The nationwide Crimson Contagion training exercise shows how assumptions made in pandemic planning have hindered the response to COVID-19 in Colorado and the nation.

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Each Colorado coronavirus patient is spreading the disease to as many as 4 people, governor says

The coronavirus has sickened more than 1,700 people in Colorado and killed at least 33. More than 200 people are hospitalized.

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Colorado’s governor says he is using data to guide the state’s response to the coronavirus. But the numbers are incomplete.

Colorado researchers are building a model for when COVID-19 will peak in Colorado but say a lack of testing makes that harder

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If it gets bad, Colorado doctors have a plan for who gets lifesaving coronavirus treatment — and who doesn’t

Colorado has not yet implemented its crisis standards of care, but one doctor says the state may be inching closer.

Testing began in Gunnison last Friday, March 13 and is conducted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am to 12pm by the Gunnison County Health and Human Services Department outside of their building. Testing is held in Crested Butte at the Crested Butte Community School on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Gunnison County is one of the hardest hit areas in the state in proportion to the population. Two people have been admitted to the Gunnison Valley Hospital, 39 people have tests pending and 239 residents are self-reporting symptoms and are self isolated.
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Governor signs bill abolishing Colorado’s death penalty, commutes sentences of state’s 3 death row inmates

Colorado becomes the 22nd state to end the use of capital punishment

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Colorado governor asks landlords to forgo evictions, penalties for late rent; forms business-response panel

There are nearly 300 confirmed coronavirus cases in Colorado. Four people have been killed by the disease.

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As hospitals brace for critical coronavirus patients, Colorado still doesn’t know how many ventilators are in the state

Hospitals say they could soon see hundreds of patients with COVID-19 and official state numbers -- hobbled by limited testing -- don’t reflect the full tally. State health officials say it could be days before they have a ventilator count.