Colorado coronavirus: Highest level of COVID-19 cases since August in Colorado

DENVER (KDVRName) – The Colorado Department of Public Health and EnvironmentThe COVID-19 data dashboard shows cases are at their highest in our state since late August.

On Monday, the state’s seven-day positivity rate was 9.8%. The positivity rate measures the number of positive COVID tests compared to the total number of tests performed.

According to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environmentincidence rates have increased over the past seven days.

There are three counties in the state with a high community level over the past week, the Centers for Disaster Control and Prevention said.

1. Moffat County
2. Rio Blanco
3. Routt County

The CDC said communities with a high community level of COVID-19 should do the following:

Here is an overview positivity rate for each county over the past seven days:

• Adam: 9.7%
• Alamos: 13.4%
• Arapahoe: 9.6%
• Archuleta: 7.9%
• Baca: less than 10 tests last week
• Folded: 8.5%
• Rock: 9.4%
• Brush field: 11.9%
• Heat: 14.7%
• Cheyenne: 8.6%
• Clear stream: 8.3%
• Conejos: 17.9%
• Costille: 15.4%
• Crowley: 9.1%
• Custer: 16.7%
• Delta: 12.4%
• Denver: 9.6%
• Dolores: Less than 10 tests last week
• Douglas: 10.5%
• Eagle: 13%
• Not: 13%
• Elbert: 11.3%
• Fremont: 8.9%
• Garfield: 8%
• Gilpin: 7.1%
• Large: 2.7%
• Pistol: 10.1%
• Hinsdale: less than 10 tests last week
• Huerfano: 10.8%
• Jackson: less than 10 tests last week
• Jefferson: 8%
• Kiowa: Less than 10 tests last week
• Kit Carson: 20%
• La Plata: 14.4%
• Lake: less than 10 tests last week
• Larimer: 11.5%
• Las Animas: 2.7%
• Lincoln: 4.9%
• Logan: 2.9%
• Mesa: 18.3%
• Mineral: less than 10 tests last week
• Moffat: 3:15 p.m.
• Montezuma: 15.9%
• Monterose: 16.3%
• Morgana: 3.3%
• Other: 3%
• Ouray: 0.0%
• Park: 11.5%
• Phillips: 0.0%
• Pitkins: 22.9%
• Masters: 4.3%
• Peublo: 9.2%
• Rio Blanco: 31.5%
• Rio Grande: 5.5%
• Road: 13.7%
• Saguache: 14.3%
• San Juan: less than 10 tests last week
• San Miguel: 16.7%
• Sedgwick: less than 10 tests last week
• Peak: 16.6%
• Cashier: 14.3%
• Washington: 0.0%
• Welding: 10.5%
• Yuma: 1.9%

What is the percentage of positivity?

According Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the percentage positive is exactly what it sounds like: the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, or: (positive tests)/(total tests) x 100%. The percent positive (sometimes called the “percent positive rate” or “positivity rate”) helps public health officials answer questions such as:

• What is the current level of SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) transmission in the community?
• Are we testing enough for the number of people infected?

The percentage of positive results will be high if the number of positive tests is too high or if the total number of tests is too low. A higher percentage positive suggests higher transmission and that there are likely more people with coronavirus in the community who have not yet been tested, Johns Hopkins shared.