Summit County reported 51 new cases of COVID-19 over the week, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage.
The total number of cases among residents stands at 3,649. Two new hospitalizations among residents were reported over the week for a total of 136 since March 5, 2020.
The state’s COVID-19 dial expired last week, and Summit County health officials adopted a similar though less restrictive dial to use locally. The dial change returned Summit to level yellow. To move forward on the dial into level blue, the county would need an incidence rate of 250 or lower and 60% of residents would need to be fully vaccinated.
Summit County reported 72 new cases of COVID-19 over the week, according to the county’s coronavirus webpage.
The total number of cases among residents stands at 3,598. No new hospitalizations among residents were reported over the week, keeping the total number since March 5, 2020, at 134.
The state’s COVID-19 dial expired Friday, and Summit County health officials adopted a similar though less restrictive dial to use locally. The dial change returned Summit to level yellow, increasing capacities at many businesses, including restaurants, fitness centers, offices and personal services.
, the county was reporting 216.2 new cases per 100,000 people as of 4 p.m. Friday. That number is down 132.4 cases per 100,000 people from last week and falls in level blue on the county’s new dial. To reach level blue, however, 60% of Summit County residents must be vaccinated.
Three cases at Summit Middle School
Four cases at a teenage social gathering in Breckenridge
Four cases at an adult social gathering in Breckenridge
Two cases at DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Breckenridge
Two cases at Breckenridge Mountain Information at Breckenridge Ski Resort
Three cases at an adult social gathering in Silverthorne
Two cases on a youth lacrosse team in Silverthorne
Two cases on ski patrol at Keystone Resort
Five cases at an adult social gathering in Copper Mountain
Two cases at Summit Middle School
School data
Two quarantines were issued on Sunday, April 4, at Frisco Elementary because of positive cases.
Bonnie Lehman, center, owner of Arapahoe Cafe in Dillon, serves food to Clara McClure, left, and Kodie Sheppard on May 31. Summit County officials are discussing possible restrictions for this summer, including a proposal to decrease the amount of physical distancing required on restaurant patios.
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With the state’s COVID-19 dial system expected to expire later this month, Summit County leaders sat down Thursday to discuss local restrictions that could help move the county toward what they called a “cautious reopening.”
At a Board of Health meeting, local officials presented the Summit Board of County Commissioners with a proposed first draft of a new public health order
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Summit County will be moved from level yellow to level orange on the state’s COVID-19 dial beginning Wednesday, April 7. The move will decrease capacities at most businesses.
Graphic from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Summit County officials expressed their frustrations in a Board of Health meeting Tuesday that the state would be moving the county backward on the COVID-19 dial.
The move from level yellow to level orange restrictions takes effect at 6 a.m. Wednesday, reducing capacity at most business types to 25%. Businesses in the 5 Star State Certification Program can operate under level yellow restrictions, which generally allow up to 50% capacity with some limits.