These 35 counties saw a rise in COVID-19 over last week – WesternSlopeNow

DENVER (KDVR) After weeks of declining COVID-19 cases in Colorado, several counties saw a rise in cases over the last seven days.

As of Monday, the states seven-day positivity rate was 3.33%, which is up from2.56% seven days ago. Positivity rate measures the amount of COVID positive tests to the total amount of tests taken.

Overall, 13 counties saw a decrease in COVID-19 positivity, 35 counties saw a rise, nine counties stayed the same, and seven counties administered fewer than 10 tests.

According to theColorado Department of Public Health and Environment, incidence are down slightly over the 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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