Cases of COVID-19 are increasing again in Routt County, and while there have been just four reported cases of the more infectious delta variant in the county, local health officials suspect this is an undercount.
Still, vaccines have proved effective against the variant and cases are primarily impacting those who have not gotten their shot.
“These variants are taking advantage of our unvaccinated populations,” said Routt County Public Health director Roberta Smith. “That is really where we’re seeing disease and severe disease.”
There were 24 new cases of the virus in the most recent week, which, while far below numbers seen in the early months of this year, is more that triple the seven cases seen two weeks ago. The two-week case total of 31 is the highest since the end of May.