That includes emergency care sites, like the field hospital built at the Colorado Convention Center, and also internal work hospital systems have done to prepare. But one quarter the fatality rate of the initial wave.”įinally, Polis said Colorado’s hospital capacity - both in terms of supplies and beds - has been dramatically expanded since the spring. Still very deadly, still tragic for many families. One in five who entered the hospital in March and April didn’t make it out,” he said. “The fatality rate for people who were hospitalized was around 20%. Treatment protocols for COVID-19 have also dramatically improved, driving down death from where it was in the spring, Polis said. MORE: Colorado’s coronavirus test positivity rate, a crucial metric, may be off Now, Colorado has the capacity to test tens of thousands of people a day between the state’s own lab and private testing providers. It was impossible to screen asymptomatic people out from working in nursing homes and as first responders.” Quite literally, it was impossible to find out who was contagious. Negligible testing relative to the size of the infection rate. “In March and April, we had very little testing.
VACCINE HOTLINE: Get up-to-date information.Īnother lockdown - or so-called stay-at-home order - isn’t warranted, Polis said, because of the advances Colorado and the world have made toward understanding and managing coronavirus.The state is now encouraging anyone with symptoms to get tested. TESTING : Here’s where to find a community testing site.The latest from the coronavirus outbreak in Colorado:
Meet Colorado’s Congressional delegation.Why another statewide lockdown is unlikely, even as Colorado’s coronavirus situation worsens each day - The Colorado Sun Close
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