COVID-19 rate over 10% in Colorado; here are counties with highest rates – FOX 31 Denver

DENVER (KDVR) COVID-19 rates continue to steadily increasein Colorado over the last six weeks. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention has moved three counties into the high level for community transmission: Boulder County, Jackson County, and Broomfield County.

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

As of Monday, the states seven-day positivity rate was 10.33%, which is up from 9.25% one week ago. Positivity rate measures the amount of COVID positive tests to the total amount of tests taken.

Overall, 44 counties saw an increase in COVID-19 positivity, 11 counties saw a decrease, two counties stayed the same, and seven counties administered fewer than 10 tests.

According to theColorado Department of Public Health and Environment, incidence rates are up over the last week.

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

Significant spread of COVID-19 in Boulder County

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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