State deactivates crisis standards of care for healthcare staffing and EMS services
The state deactivated the Colorado’s Crisis Standard of Care (CSC) Plan for healthcare staffing and emergency medical services on Feb. 11.
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State Vaccine Equity Outreach Team coordinates vaccine clinics statewide
Thousands of doses administered through community clinics
State adds county-level data to vaccine dashboard for increased transparency for Colorado
REMOTE, (Feb. 19, 2021): Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) announced that as of 4 p.m. today the vaccine data dashboard includes county-level vaccine administration data in beta.
State health department team looks at air pollution, COVID-19 at the census-tract level in Colorado
Analysis adds more evidence to the association between communities of color, pandemic outcomes.
Winter storms across country delay vaccine shipments to Colorado
Winter storms affecting a vaccine distribution hub in Tennessee have delayed vaccine shipments to several states this week. The delay impacts Colorado’s allocation of 133,000 vaccines that were expected to arrive today through Thursday.
State-partnered community testing sites to delay opening or to close February 12-15 due to extreme cold
Remote, (Feb. 12, 2021): Due to the extreme cold weather expected, 19 state-managed and partnered community testing sites will be closed or have delayed openings between Friday, Feb. 12th and Monday, Feb. 15th. Other state-managed and partnered sites are still planning to operate as scheduled.
State COVID-19 data dashboard not fully updated today
Due to a temporary technical issue that occurred yesterday, Feb. 9, with the Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR) system, today’s COVID-19 data dashboard shows incomplete case counts.
COVID-19 call center wait times reduced to 11 seconds
The state added more staff to increase access to information. There are now 200 staff taking calls. This has reduced the average wait time to 11 seconds, on average.
State sends letters to vaccine providers and school superintendents, school leaders, and licensed child care providers
The state’s COVID-19 Incident Commander Scott Bookman sent a letter to vaccine providers statewide today as part of the state’s ongoing communications with providers to ensure that the vaccine distribution process is as efficient as possible.
CDPHE confirms additional variants; updates data dashboard separating variants of concern from variants under investigation
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is adding 30 variant cases to the data dashboard today. A large commercial lab reported many of these new results and they are from specimens collected between Jan. 11 - 26.