One week after 364 new cases of COVID-19 were added to Larimer County’s ongoing count, and in the past two weeks 7. tests% tests came back positive, Larimer County issued an immediate public health order that will take effect at 11 p.m. Friday.
The order imposes new restrictions on entertainment and league games and individual indoor and outdoor gatherings, stops the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants and bars at 11pm and encourages all non-critical office fee-based businesses to increase remote work options and reduce work individually. doing. If possible.
“It is important that we wear masks and maintain social distance and adhere to these protocols so that our businesses remain open and personal education is maintained in schools,” Larimer County Commissioner Steve Johnson said in a statement announcing the order. Larimer County website.
“These guidelines have worked before, and if we all work together in this, they will work again and we will achieve through this.”
Loveland Mayor Jackie Marsh and Fort Collins Mayor Wade Troxel also urged citizens to do as much as possible to bring down the number of cases.
County health officials said the changes came in response to trends they are seeing.
“Lar-Rimmer County Health Department contact-investigations have found that many people who have tested positive for COVID-19 participate in private gatherings where they were inadvertently infected with others or in direct contact with someone with COVID-19. Came. ”Said the county website.
The new order will limit individual gatherings to more than 10 people from more than two separate households.
It limits players living in Larimer County and recreational games in Weld and Boulder’s neighboring counties, and organized recreational and league games, limited to two spectators per player, with no more than 50% capacity, up to 100 spectators in indoor facilities. 175 in outdoor facilities.
All teams and facilities participating in recreational and league games, full team members or youth parent team members or parent property information (with names, phone numbers and email addresses), full rosters, schedule, game / transaction location and contact information Required to submit. Teams play in any league event, including practice.
Health officials explained that the changes are due to an increase in cases involving recreational sports in Larimer County and an increase in the difficulty associated with international exposure to programs bringing players from outside the county to major tournaments and events.
Limiting alcohol sales in other jurisdictions has been an effective measure, he said, and the growing number of outbreaks in the county, many of which relate to places of employment, has prompted calls for more remote work.
Larimer County Public Health “We need to implement these targeted strategies to further reduce the spread of Covid-1 further in Larimer County, thus reducing the potential for illness and the medical system.” Director Tom Gonzalez said in a statement on the county website.
“I know we’re all fed up with this and the epidemic is exhausting, but we can’t get our guards down yet.” “I have no doubt we will rally again and reduce transmission just like in May and July.”
As of Friday, Larimer County has a two-week incidence rate of 193 cases per 100,000 population, and a two-week test positivity rate of Sep.,%, Both of which are Sept. Significantly higher compared to 16, when the incidence rate was 74 per 100,000. Population, and the test positivity rate was 2.4%.
There has been an increase in COVID-19 hospital admissions levels in Larimer County that have not been seen since May 19, health officials said.
The county currently sits at Safer on Level 1 of the Colorado Dial Framework. The increase in cases leads to level 2, which will trigger new restrictions, including stricter capacity limits on offices, businesses, restaurants and places of worship, group games, gyms and bars, and certain outdoor activities.
Larimer County added 31 people to the ongoing number of its Covid-19 cases on Friday, bringing the count to 3,627 since March.
All were confirmed by COVID-19 swab testing.
The number of suspected cases remained unchanged on Friday, with 491 remaining, while the number of deaths remained at 55 and 69 erupted.
In the new cases, there were 21 Fort Collins residents, four Lovelands; Berthod and Wellington had two, and Lyons and Timnath had one each.
The 31 children include four children, an 11-year-old Loveland boy and 3-, 9- and 13-year-old girls from Fort Collins.
The oldest person affected was a 75-year-old man named Birthwood.
Information is updated daily at larimer.org/coronavirus.
