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Coronavirus in Colorado: COVID-19 updates for Oct. 17-23, 2022

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Posted at 5:15 AM, Oct 17, 2022
and last updated 2022-10-24 12:02:52-04

More than 1,600,200 people in Colorado have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 69,100 have been hospitalized as of Sunday, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Click here for the latest update on the number of cases, the age, gender and location of presumptive positive, indeterminate and confirmed cases from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Below, we're updating this blog with the latest information regarding COVID-19 in Colorado.


Latest updates:

Friday, October 21

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

1,667,979 cases (+792)
69,353 hospitalized (+31)
64 counties (+0)
5,133,243 people tested (+1,066)
20,433,348 test encounters (+7,064)
13,387 deaths among cases (+3)
14,113 deaths due to COVID-19 (+10)
9,890 outbreaks (+0)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 179 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 14 more than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 7%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Friday, 4,444,183 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,054,047 have been fully vaccinated.

For the week ending Oct. 21, Colorado reported a total of 4,738 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 425 (+9.85%) from the prior week. The state's positivity rate went up by 1.74% from a week ago to 7% on Friday.

Thursday, October 20

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

1,667,187 cases (+860)
69,322 hospitalized (+19)
64 counties (+0)
5,132,177 people tested (+1,188)
20,426,284 test encounters (+10,239)
13,384 deaths among cases (+6)
14,103 deaths due to COVID-19 (+10)
9,890 outbreaks (+38)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 179 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 14 more than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 6.76%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Thursday, 4,433,897 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,053,565 have been fully vaccinated.

Wednesday, October 19

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

1,666,327 cases (+876)
69,303 hospitalized (+57)
64 counties (+0)
5,130,989 people tested (+1,164)
20,416,045 test encounters (+12,409)
13,378 deaths among cases (+5)
14,093 deaths due to COVID-19 (+2)
9,852 outbreaks (+0)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 179 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 14 more than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 6.18%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Wednesday, 4,442,720 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,052,912 have been fully vaccinated

Tuesday, October 18

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

1,665,451 cases (+779)
69,246 hospitalized (+57)
64 counties (+0)
5,129,825 people tested (+1,067)
20,403,636 test encounters (+6,497)
13,373 deaths among cases (+3)
14,091 deaths due to COVID-19 (+5)
9,852 outbreaks (+0)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 165 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 20 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.76%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Tuesday, 4,441,515 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,052,064 have been fully vaccinated.

Monday, October 17

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

Here's the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. A reminder that today's data includes numbers from the weekend as well as Monday's.

1,664,672 cases (+1,431)
69,189 hospitalized (+66)
64 counties (+0)
5,128,758 people tested (+2,386)
20,397,139 test encounters (+25,565)
13,370 deaths among cases (+5)
14,086 deaths due to COVID-19 (+9)
9,852 outbreaks (+0)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 165 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 20 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.62%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Monday, 4,440,827 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,051,548 have been fully vaccinated.

9 a.m. | Colorado's COVID-19 outlook

For the week ending Oct. 14, Colorado reported a total of 4,313 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 183 (+4.4%) from the prior week. The state's positivity rate went down by 0.24% from a week ago to 5.26% on Friday.

Click here for the COVID-19 live blog for Oct. 10-16, 2022