Human Remains Found in Suitcases in Denver
Two suitcases containing human remains were found in Denver on Tuesday according to KDVR.
Police responded to a report of suspicious bags left on the side of the road near the 1700 block of South Java Way in the Mar Lee neighborhood.
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Denver Police say that the two suitcases contained the remains of a recently deceased white male. The medical examiner is currently working to identify the victim.
On October 20, no Denver neighborhood had a hospitalization rate of more than 5 per 100,000 people. Now, 23 of them do. For example, Capitol Hill has gone from 12 hospitalizations to 26 per 100,000, Belcaro from 0 to 13, Marston from 6 to 23, Hampden South from 12 to 39, and Central Park (formerly Stapleton) from 23 to 56 and that s just the beginning.
COVID-19 s disproportionate impact on communities of color is very clear in these new stats: Both Gateway/Green Valley Ranch and Montbello have seen more than 100 new hospitalizations in under two months. Montbello s total has increased from 127 to 273.
See where your neighborhood ranks (entries are in ascending order of hospitalization rate):
For months, we ve regularly reported on the number of COVID-19 cases across the Mile High City as tracked by Denver Public Health and the increase over the past month or so has definitely been the largest to date in most locations. Cases in many neighborhoods have doubled or even tripled, making it ever more difficult for the average resident to avoid coming down with the novel coronavirus.
DPH shares the data on its Denver COVID-19 Data Summary page, which is updated by 6:30 p.m. daily. As of late December 10, the agency calculates 41,624 COVID-19 cases and 592 deaths in the city.
Among the key statistics is the viral case rate per 1,000 individuals. According to Denver Public Health spokesperson Jennifer Fine, this figure is determined by calculating the number of people infected with COVID-19 during a specific time frame relative to the total population of that geographic area. If you see a case rate of 200/100,000 thousand, that means that for every 100,000 people that live