COVID-19 continues to rise in Colorado, ICU bed shortages reported

DENVER (KDVR) — The COVID-19 delta variant continues to spread across Colorado. As of Monday, an average of 85% of ICU beds in the state are in use, which is the highest amount since November of 2020.

As of Monday, the state’s seven day positivity rate was 6.69%, which is up from 6.55%. The highest positivity rate in the state over the past seven days is Lake County with 17.4% positivity.

From Aug. 23 to Aug. 30, 35 counties saw a rise in COVID-19 positivity, 25 saw a decline in COVID-19 positivity, two counties had no movement, and two counties administered less than 10 tests in the past week.

According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, the incidence rates are also rising over the last seven days.

Posted on 8/30/2021 Credit: CDPHE

Here’s a look at positivity rates for every county over the last seven days:

1-week positivity rate:

  • Adams: 8.8% (down from previous week)
  • Alamosa: 8.5% (up from previous week)
  • Arapahoe: 6.8% (down from previous week)
  • Archuleta: 5.6% (down from previous week)
  • Baca: 1.1% (up from previous week)
  • Bent: 7.3% (up from previous week)
  • Boulder: 4.2% (up from previous week)
  • Broomfield: 5.6% (down from previous week)
  • Chaffee: 5.2% (down from previous week)
  • Cheyenne: 0.0% (down from previous week)
  • Clear Creek: 12.9% (up from previous week)
  • Conejos: 8.3% (up from previous week)
  • Costilla: 8.0% (up from previous week)
  • Crowley: 3.1% (up from previous week)
  • Custer: 4.3% (down from previous week)
  • Delta: 2.9% (down from previous week)
  • Denver: 5.3% (down from previous week)
  • Dolores: 8.3% (down from previous week)
  • Douglas: 6.8% (down from previous week)
  • Eagle: 10.8% (up from previous week)
  • Elbert: 16.3% (up from previous week)
  • El Paso: 7.7% (up from previous week)
  • Fremont: 2.8% (up from previous week)
  • Garfield: 6.2% (up from previous week)
  • Gilpin: 8.4% (up from previous week)
  • Grand: 12% (down from previous week)
  • Gunnison: 7.1% (up from previous week)
  • Hinsdale: Fewer than 10 tests in the past week
  • Huerfano: 3% (up from previous week)
  • Jackson: 0.0% (same)
  • Jefferson: 5.4% (down from previous week)
  • Kiowa: 6.3% (up from previous week)
  • Kit Carson: 1.3% (same)
  • Lake: 17.4% (up from previous week)
  • La Plata: 4.9% (down from previous week)
  • Larimer: 7.4% (down from previous week)
  • Las Animas: 5.7% (down from previous week)
  • Lincoln: 6.6% (up from previous week)
  • Logan: 3.8% (up from previous week)
  • Mesa: 4.2% (up from previous week)
  • Mineral: Fewer than 10 tests in the past week
  • Moffat: 5.8% (up from previous week)
  • Montezuma: 6.7% (down from previous week)
  • Montrose: 4.4% (down from previous week)
  • Morgan: 8.5% (down from previous week)
  • Otero: 2% (down from previous week)
  • Ouray: 8.4% (down from previous week)
  • Park: 17% (up from previous week)
  • Phillips: 19% (up from previous week)
  • Pitkin: 7.6% (up from previous week)
  • Prowers: 10.9% (up from previous week)
  • Pueblo: 5.1% (up from previous week)
  • Rio Blanco: 9.2% (up from previous week)
  • Rio Grande: 8.8% (up from previous week)
  • Routt: 9.7% (up from previous week)
  • Saguache: 3.2% (down from previous week)
  • San Juan: 8.3% (down from previous week)
  • San Miguel: 4.3% (down from previous week)
  • Sedgwick: 8.5% (up from previous week)
  • Summit: 7.1% (down from previous week)
  • Teller: 9.7% (up from previous week)
  • Washington: 2.9% (up from previous week)
  • Weld: 11.3% (up from previous week)
  • Yuma: 6.1% (up from previous week)

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