Press Release

STATEWIDE (May 16, 2023) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is proud to launch  CO-CARES, a new initiative to support health care and public health workers’ pandemic recovery. Together with trusted partners, CDPHE recognizes that many in the health care sector are still recovering from the COVID-19 response, and some are just beginning their recovery.

STATEWIDE (May 10, 2023) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will update the COVID-19 data dashboard at 4 p.m. today to align with the evolving COVID-19 response and reflect the end of the federal public health emergency. Changes include updates to outbreak data, testing data, variant data visualization, the addition of a new visualization for case data about Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and data files. 

STATEWIDE (May 10, 2023) —  As announced in late January, the federal public health emergency declarations for COVID-19 will end on May 11.

People who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 should start with an omicron vaccine.

STATEWIDE (May 9, 2023) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

STATEWIDE (April 26, 2023) — The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will add 833 previously unreported positive COVID-19 cases, including seven hospitalizations and one death, to the state’s data dashboard as part of this afternoon’s regular 4 p.m. update. The additional cases are the result of reporting lapses by long-term care facilities in January and February 2023, primarily. CDPHE identified the unreported cases while working with long-term care facilities to reconcile outbreak data. 

Apple/Google ending notification service as federal public health emergency expires

STATEWIDE (April 19, 2023) — Due to Apple/Google decommissioning the service in conjunction with the end of the federal public health emergency, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s CO Exposure Notifications system will cease operations on May 11, 2023. A message will appear on users’ phones alerting them that the system is no longer operational and prompting them to delete their data. 

STATEWIDE (April 4, 2023) —  The state’s mobile buses will be available through May 11. Coloradans ages 6 months and older should not delay in getting an easily accessible vaccine at the bus locations. COVID-19 vaccines are free and no insurance or identification is required to get vaccinated. A full list of weekly COVID-19 vaccine bus clinics can be found at covid19.colorado.gov. Appointments for all clinics are encouraged, and walk-ups are accepted while vaccine inventory is available each day.  

STATEWIDE (March 15, 2023) —  The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will update vaccine breakthrough visualizations on the COVID-19 data dashboard to display the effectiveness of the omicron booster on March 15, 2023 as part of its regular 4 p.m. update. The new vaccination categories include people who are unvaccinated, people who have been vaccinated without an omicron booster, and people who have been vaccinated with an omicron booster.

STATEWIDE (Feb. 22, 2023) — The Board of Health adopted key provisions of Public Health Orders 20-38 and 20-20 as emergency rules last week.

STATEWIDE (February 1, 2023) — Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will add 200 previously unreported positive COVID-19 cases, including four hospitalizations and one death, to the state’s data dashboard as part of this afternoon’s regular 4 p.m. update. The newly reported cases were submitted by Community Hospital in Grand Junction and primarily occurred in 2022 in Mesa and surrounding counties.