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Pitkin County s virus rate is the worst in the state, nearly double that of the next highest county. Other counties with destination ski resorts – Eagle, Routt and San Miguel – are among the worst 15, but still pale in comparison to Pitkin County’s rates. Alex Hager / Aspen Public Radio
Pitkin County has the highest incidence rate of COVID-19 in all of Colorado, nearly double that of the next highest county. Those alarmingly high numbers have sparked strict public health measures and strained contact tracers – but experts cannot pin down what’s driving the spike.
“We ran hundreds of calculations trying to determine what is really the difference here in Pitkin County, what is leading to this increase–and we didn’t really find anything,” said Josh Vance, an epidemiologist for the county.
Aspen restaurant employees hold signs outside of Bear Den Aspen imploring community members to help keep restaurants open through the next COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Attorneys for a newly formed group of Aspen restaurants raced Thursday to file court papers seeking injunctive relief from a Pitkin County Board of Health order that takes effect Sunday banning indoor dining.
The complaint asks for a court order to suspend or repeal the Red-level order passed by the health board Monday. The organization also filed a motion for a temporary restraining order intended to keep the existing Orange-plus-plus health restrictions in place until judicial review of the county’s Red order is completed.
People reported fatigue, insomnia, memory loss, shortness of breath and more, the county epidemiologist said. Author: Noel Brennan Updated: 6:41 PM MST January 12, 2021
PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. Before Pitkin County s board of health voted Monday to close indoor dining and move the county to Level Red status on the state s COVID-19 dial, health leaders let data do the talking.
“Fifty percent of people in Pitkin County who have tested positive continue to have these long-term, ongoing, lingering effects of [COVID-19], said Jordana Sabella with Pitkin County Public Health.
Sabella gave a presentation of staff recommendations to the board of health before members voted unanimously to pass new COVID-19 restrictions in the county.