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How to Find COVID-19 Statistics - April 1st

Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment spokesperson Eric Aakko attributes the higher COVID-19 infection rate in Weld County to the diligent Contact Investigations which the county is conducting

This content was originally published by the Longmont Observer and is licensed under a Creative Commons license.

As COVID-19 impacts our local communities, many may be searching for more information regarding impacts. Weather.com is offering COVID-19 statistics by county in Colorado.

On the Weather app on an iPhone, when viewing the weather in a city, click the small ‘The Weather Channel’ icon in the lower-left which will open a browser window.  Then click the COVID-19 button in the lower right of the browser window to see statistics for the county in which the city is located.

When viewing weather for the city of your choice on Weather.com in a browser window on a workstation, click on the red COVID-19 button on the right side of the taskbar near the top of the browser window.  For cities in Colorado, you will be shown statistics for the county in which the city is located.

Statistics provided by Weather.com are usually consistent with those published by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) at https://covid19.colorado.gov/case-data. The CDPHE publishes statistics daily by about 4:00 PM. Each daily update includes cases reported through the previous day.

The statistics below were published by the CDPHE on April 2nd for April 1st and before for Boulder, Weld, and Larimer Counties.

CDPHE statistics published on April 2nd for April 1st and before for Boulder, Weld, and Larimer Counties

The table above reflects that infection and mortality rates per 100,000 in Weld County are significantly higher than in Larimer and Boulder Counties.

Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment spokesperson Eric Aakko attributes the higher COVID-19 infection rate in Weld County to the diligent Contact Investigations which the county is conducting, which helps them to identify cases which otherwise would not have been found promptly, and to testing which the county is now conducting.

The WCDPHE believes that the mortality rate is higher in Weld County because some residents in several long term care facilities became infected early in the pandemic. Long term care residents typically have preexisting health conditions which make them much more likely to succumb to COVID-19.

Aakko states that a critical phase in the pandemic is being reached. He urges everyone in Weld County and beyond to heed the advice at https://www.weldgov.com/departments/health_and_environment/2019_novel_coronavirus/prevention_and_preparedness to help families avoid infection, which also helps to protect the most vulnerable from becoming infected.

Aakko notes that going outdoors for fresh air and exercise is fine, provided that everyone stays six feet away from anyone not residing with them.

Aakko reminds everyone that social distancing does not mean social isolation.

Cases in the table above include people who had a positive lab test and cases which public health identified and determined were likely to have COVID-19 because of their symptoms and close contact with someone who tested positive. The number of untested cases included in the total case count is a very small portion of the total cases reported.

Infection and mortality reports may take a day or two to reach the CDPHE and to then be verified and published.

County rates per 100,000 are calculated using 2018 population estimates from the Demography Section, Colorado Division of Local Government.