The omicron variant is rapidly gaining steam in Colorado, now accounting for potentially as much as half of all new infections, the state’s top epidemiologist said Wednesday. After several weeks of decline, COVID cases in Colorado have begun to rise again – though they are still about 50% below where they were in early November. […]
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Arapahoe, Douglas and Adams counties see school COVID-19 outbreaks
School settings in Douglas, Arapahoe and Adams counties saw 15 confirmed coronavirus outbreaks starting in August, according to the local public health agency that serves those counties. “What we feared could happen is beginning to happen,” said John Douglas, executive director of Tri-County Health Department, during an Aug. 26 telephone town hall event. In mid-August, […]
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COVID hospitalizations in Colorado reach their highest level since January
The number of people hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Colorado on Friday reached their highest level since Jan. 21. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported there were 705 people hospitalized because of the virus at the end of this week, up from 263 on July 12. Coronavirus cases have been […]
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Drew Litton: Playing politics with pawns in back-to-school days
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What’d I Miss?: There’s (too much of) something in Colorado’s air
Myra has missed 30 years of her life, due to a coma, but has found a new friendship with her young neighbor, Ossie. Together, they both are searching for their place in this world. < Previous | Start from the beginning | Next > More cartoons from The Colorado Sun
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Many Colorado students are back in class, but the state’s expanded school COVID testing program won’t start for weeks
Colorado’s new school COVID-19 testing program isn’t yet up and running as hundreds of thousands of students — many of them unvaccinated — return to class amid a surge in cases and hospitalizations caused by the delta variant. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is running weeks behind schedule when it comes to […]
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Colorado governor warns “we expect it to get worse” as delta variant drives spike in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday warned Coloradans to brace for a worsening COVID-19 situation driven by spread of the more contagious delta variant, which has led in recent days to a spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the state. “We expect it to get worse before it gets better,” Polis said during a news […]
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Jim Morrissey: Just when you thought it was safe to go maskless again…
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Delta variant surges in western Colorado as the Country Jam bands — and people — play on
GRAND JUNCTION — Dr. Rachel LaCount grasped a metal hoop at a playground and spun in circles with her 7-year-old son, turning the distant mesas of the Colorado National Monument into a red-tinged blur. LaCount has lived in this western Colorado city of 64,000 nearly her whole life. As a hospital pathologist, she knows better […]
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Drew Litton: Skyrockets’ red glare has unwelcome bombs bursting in air
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