All Entries Tagged With: "Covid-19"
COVID-19 Update, Week of November 10, 2021 – PCPHE
The Prowers County Department of Public Health and Environment reports the Test Positivity Rate for COVID-19 cases has dropped to 10.49% from 14.03% rate from last week. The number of cases reported in the past seven days from November 3rd is 76 with seven being vaccinated and 137 cases have been reported in the […]
COVID-19 Prowers County Public Health and Environment – November 3, 2021
Colorado is now 5th in the nation for rate of COVID-19 infections! Southeast Colorado has very high case rates which would have put us in Stay at Home at this time last year! Colorado hospitals are hitting capacity which limits care for those who have non-COVID 19 related injuries or illness. 80% of people […]
COVID-19 Update for October 27, 2021 from PCPHE
Prowers County Department of Public Health and Environment reported the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the county, as of October 26th, have increased to 1,677 from the previous week of 1,553 and hospitalizations are up to 118, an increase of two in the same time period. The seven-day average Test Positivity rate is […]
Cases Continue to Climb: PCPHE COVID-19 Update – October 20, 2021
CURRENT OUTBREAKS: There are current active outbreaks in Prowers County! See https://covid19.colorado.gov/covid19-outbreak-data. It is updated on Wednesdays. PCPHE will announce any outbreaks that put the public at risk. The seven-day average Test Positivity rate has climbed to 11.36% in the past week (goal is <5%). This is up from 6.01%from last week, ending October 13th. […]
COVID-19 Cases Climb in Prowers County
COVID-19 Update from PCPHE for Week Ending October 13, 2021 The Prowers County Department of Public Health and Environment reported the number of COVID-19 cases increased from 1,513 from last week to 1,553 over the past seven days. Hospitalizations increased from 109 to 113 and deaths remained unchanged at 28. The seven-day Test Positivity […]
COVID-19 Update from PCPHE for October 6th, 2021
The Prowers County Test Positivity Rate as of October 6, 2021 is 4.9% out of a goal of 5%. This is down from 9.22% post from last week. There have been 33 cases in the county in the past seven days with one person having been vaccinated and 65 cases of COVID-19 in […]
Prowers County Public Health and Environment Covid Update as of September 29, 2021
The seven-day average Test Positivity rate is 9.22% (goal is <5%). This is up from 8.47% from last week. There have been 32 cases in the past seven days of which two had been vaccinated and 30 were not. There have been sixty-one cases in the past fourteen days. The cumulative number of cases […]
PCPHE Weekly (September 22, 2021) COVID-19 Update
Prowers County Public Health and Environment notes there are now 1,448 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Prowers County with 103 hospitalizations and 25 deaths in people who tested Positive for COVID-19. All hospitalizations and deaths have been in the unvaccinated population. Modeling shows that an estimated 1 in 40 people are currently infectious […]
Covid Vaccination Rates for Southeast Colorado
Crowley County has the lowest percentage figures for people having received full COVID-19 vaccinations as of September 7th, according to the CDC and numbers provided by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The weekly report shows Las Animas County with the highest percentage of fully vaccinated persons at 52.57% of the […]
Test Positivity Rate in Prowers County Climbs as of August 30th Report
Although there are no Covid outbreaks in Prowers County, the health department reported an increase in the Test Positivity Rate from last week, up now at 9.58% (goal is <5%). This is up from 5.79% from last week. There have been 28 cases in the past seven days and 45 cases reported in […]
Prowers COVID Cases Up Slightly for Week of 8-24-21
The COVID-19 Delta Variant has been identified in Prowers County. The sequenced case numbers are updated at: https://covid19.colorado.gov/data. Sequencing takes several weeks so results are delayed. There are multiple quarantines of school students in Prowers County. We are absolutely committed to making all the recommendations we can to keep our kids in-person for learning. […]
Covid Update from PCPHE for Week of August 18, 2021
The cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in Prowers County is at 1,328 with 97 hospitalizations (up 2) and 24 deaths (up 1) as of August 17, 2021 for those who tested positive for Covid-19. The Test Positivity Rate is down slightly from last week’s report at 5.44% with a goal of <5%. There […]
PCPHE COVID-19 Update for August 11, 2021
To date, there have been 1,310 cases resulting in 95 hospitalizations and 23 deaths, an increase of one. TESTS The seven-day average Test Positivity rate for August 11, 1021 is 5.44% (goal is <5%). This is down slightly from 5.58% from last week. There have been four cases in the past seven days and […]
COVID-19 Cases Start to Increase for Prowers County
Prowers County Public Health and Environment Covid Weekly Update for August 3, 2021. TESTS The seven-day Test Positivity rate increased over the past week to 5.58%. This is up from 3.69% from last week. The goal is <5%. There have been seventeen cases in the past seven days and 25 in the past fourteen. […]
Governor Polis Provides August 3rd Update on State’s Response to COVID-19
DENVER – Today, Governor Jared Polis provided an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and the state’s efforts to get more Coloradans vaccinated. Governor Polis was joined by Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist. “Colorado, like the rest of the country, is seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, largely due to the highly contagious Delta […]
