A 64-year-old woman in the south end of Chaffee County succumbed to COVID-19 during the weekend, bringing the pandemic death toll to 16 in the county.
Since Dec. 29, 56 new cases of the virus have been reported, four of whom are staff members of Buena Vista Correctional Complex.
The countyâs positivity rate stands at 5.5 percent.
Person-to-person contact with a positive COVID-19 resident accounts for 70.4 percent of cases reported in the last month.
The removal of cases from the first outbreak at Chaffee County Correctional Complex from the Chaffee County Public Health COVID-19 dashboard resets the countyâs pandemic case totals.
The corrected case count is now 695 with 600 members of the general community, 38 Buena Vista Correctional Complex staff members who live in the county, and 13 Columbine Manor Care Center staff who live in the community and 44 residents from an outbreak that ran from April 11-May 29.
Every resident at Columbine Manor will get a gift again this year thanks to donations from the community.
For the eighth year in a row, Barbara Pearson-Sawyer spear-headed the adopt a grandparent effort, collecting donations to purchase the Christmas gifts to bring the seniors holiday cheer.Â
âThis year we didnât want to forget our seniors and at least get their packages to them,â Pearson-Sawyer said. âThey normally rip into the packages as soon as they get them. Itâs been rewarding to see how happy they get and we just want to bring a little holiday joy to them and make it a little more festive for the holidays for them.â
Posted by Jan Wondra | Dec 11, 2020
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