Daycares, schools and colleges are the sites of nearly 40% of active COVID-19 outbreaks in El Paso County, making them the most common reported site, according to health department data.
Outbreaks at such sites comprise 36.71% of active outbreaks. That’s nearly quadruple the outbreaks at the second-leading site category, offices and indoor workspaces, the site of nearly 10% of active outbreaks, according to data on the county health department’s website, updated Sunday.
As of April 3, schools and colleges were the site of nearly a third of all active outbreaks. Positives stemming from such outbreaks comprised less than 6% of diagnoses tied to site-based outbreaks. As of Sunday, they comprised nearly 8%.
K-12 schools and colleges were the sites of one-quarter of new COVID-19 outbreaks over the past week and a half, and also home to nearly one-third of all active outbreaks, according to El Paso County data.
An outbreak at Discovery Canyon Campus, a K-12 school in District 20, was reported by El Paso County Public Health on March 24, involving eight cases. An outbreak at the dining hall at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was reported by the county health department on March 27, involving two cases. Six additional outbreaks were reported since March 24.
Schools are the third most common site of COVID-19 cases stemming from outbreaks in the county. Positives stemming from school and college outbreaks comprise more than 5% of cases at active outbreak sites in the county, second only to the jail home to more than half of cases and offices and indoor workspaces, home to more than 14% of cases, county data shows.
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Cases of COVID-19 are down slightly in some El Paso County school districts, mirroring the county s trend of a slight drop in cases this past week, data show.
On Sunday the county’s COVID-19 dial showed an incidence rate of 114 cases per 100,000 residents per week, down slightly from earlier in the week. The percent of those who had tested positive for the virus was 4.6%, slightly below the 5% ceiling recommended by the World Health Organization for communities wishing to resume normal activities.
Of the seven new outbreaks reported by the county this past week, two were at schools: Colorado Springs School District 11 s Trailblazer Elementary School, with two cases, and School District 49 s Falcon Middle School in Peyton, with six cases.
Cases of COVID-19 are down slightly in some El Paso County school districts, mirroring the county s trend of a slight drop in cases this past week, data show.
On Sunday the county’s COVID-19 dial showed an incidence rate of 114 cases per 100,000 residents per week, down slightly from earlier in the week. The percent of those who had tested positive for the virus was 4.6%, slightly below the 5% ceiling recommended by the World Health Organization for communities wishing to resume normal activities.
Of the seven new outbreaks reported by the county this past week, two were at schools: Colorado Springs School District 11 s Trailblazer Elementary School, with two cases, and School District 49 s Falcon Middle School in Peyton, with six cases.