Aspen School District plans to take a “layered” approach to COVID-19 mitigation that requires masks and staff vaccination but also includes distancing, testing and isolation policies for the 2021-22 school year, according to an opening plan released Aug. 12.
All schools and child care facilities in Pitkin County will require universal masking for people over the age of 2 this fall to curb the spread of COVID-19 and keep kids in school as much as possible.
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When it comes to COVID-19, Pitkin County’s numbers are increasing and easily within new CDC guidelines recommending indoor masks for everyone, including those who’ve been vaccinated, an official said Wednesday.
“The numbers are not heading in the right direction,” said Jordana Sabella, Pitkin County public health director. “It’s a fair headline.”
In the past week, Pitkin County has had 25 positive cases of COVID-19, compared with just seven cases the week before. That translates to a current positivity rate of between 141 and 157 per 100,000 people as Pitkin County’s COVID-19 dashboard displayed both figures in different places Wednesday.
The Centers for Disease Control released updated guidelines Tuesday around indoor masking recommending that anyone in an area with an “elevated” level of virus transmission should wear a mask indoors. That means residents who live anywhere with a positivity rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people should wear masks indoor