By Randi Pierce
Staff Writer
Archuleta County received a bit of good news late last week, just in time for Christmas — the rate of new infections of COVID-19 is decreasing, and Archuleta County is trending toward Level Orange: High Risk on the state’s COVID dial.
San Juan Basin Public Health (SJBPH) released the good news on Friday, Dec. 18.
In a press release, the organization states it “is pleased to report that both Archuleta and La Plata counties are making progress in critical metrics to return to Level Orange: High Risk public health measures on Colorado’s COVID-19 Dial. The Dial pairs the public health protocols for businesses and events with underlying data about the pandemic in each county. In the past two weeks, both counties have begun to see improvements in case incidence and test positivity rates.”