COVID-19 cases take a nose dive in Colorado; heres where every county stands with omicron – FOX 31 Denver

DENVER (KDVR) The surge of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in Colorado looks to be over, at least according to the newest data from the state.

As of Monday, the states seven-day positivity rate was 12.22%, which is down from24.54% two weeks ago. Positivity rate measures the amount of COVID positive tests to the total amount of tests taken.

Over the last two weeks, 53 counties saw a decrease in COVID-19 positivity, 9 counties saw a rise and 2 counties administered fewer than 20 tests.

According to theColorado Department of Public Health and Environment, incidence rates also dropped over the last two weeks.

Heres a look atpositivity rates for every county over the last two weeks:

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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COVID-19 cases take a nose dive in Colorado; heres where every county stands with omicron - FOX 31 Denver