Gov. Jared Polis expressed no interest Wednesday in reinstating statewide public health measures because the state's hospitals remain stable despite an increase in COVID-19 cases and the continued dominance of the highly contagious delta variant.
The state has largely stepped away from any new COVID-19 measures since the spring when it turned over authority to individual counties. Months after that, counties have ended their own measures, with the fourth pandemic wave seen in the spring having been successfully tamped down.
Polis and state public health officials have said repeatedly that their worry has been hospitalizations, which were long feared to spike to the point of overwhelming the state's facilities. COVID-19 cases have seen a "modest" increase in recent days, but Polis said the stability of Colorado's hospitals gives the state little need to step in.