17 counties in worst COVID-19 level – FOX 31 Denver

DENVER (KDVR) COVID-19 rates continue to drop across Colorado. Over the last seven days, the states positivity rate dropped, while incidence rates stayed steady.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved 16 counties into thehigh level for community transmission:

The CDC said communities with ahigh level of COVID-19transmission should do the following:

As of Monday, the states seven-day positivity rate was 10.78%, which is down from 11.44% one week ago. Positivity rate measures the amount of COVID positive tests to the total amount of tests taken.

Overall, 32 counties saw an increase in COVID-19 positivity, 26 counties saw a decrease, two counties stayed the same, and four counties administered fewer than 10 tests.

According to theColorado Department of Public Health and Environment, incidence rates are similar to what they were last week.

Heres a look atpositivity rates for every county over the last seven days:

According toJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the percent positive is exactly what it sounds like: the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, or: (positive tests)/(total tests) x 100%. The percent positive (sometimes called the percent positive rate or positivity rate) helps public health officials answer questions suchas:

The percent positive will be high if the number ofpositive testsis too high, or if the number oftotal testsis too low. A higher percent positive suggests higher transmission and that there are likely more people with coronavirus in the community who havent been tested yet, Johns Hopkins shared.

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