As El Paso County s COVID-19 infections rise and the dangerous Delta variant has become the dominant strain here, county commissioners told citizens on Aug. 3 that they would oppose any statewide mask mandate and never impose one of their own. We donât plan on any mask mandate, Commissioner Cami Bremer said.
The incidence rate in El Paso County has increased by 29 percent over the last week, according to El Paso County Public Health s COVID-19 dashboard. The incidence rate stood at 131.8 per 100,000 on Aug. 2 â or about 971 countywide.
The positivity rate stands at 6 percent, a drop from a rate of over 10 percent on July 25. Hospitalizations, too, have dropped since the week of July 25. But a dozen people have died since the first week of July, bringing the total number of COVID deaths to 905 in the county.
County commissioners assure there will be no mask mandate here
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County commissioners say there will be no mask mandate here
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