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Coronavirus in Colorado: COVID-19 updates for Sept. 19-Sept. 25, 2022

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Posted at 10:58 AM, Sep 20, 2022
and last updated 2022-09-26 15:29:22-04

More than 1,600,700 people in Colorado have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 68,400 have been hospitalized as of Monday, 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, Sept. 23

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

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

1,649,863 cases (+763)
68,687 hospitalized (+57)
64 counties (+0)
5,104,233 people tested (+1,282)
20,145,763 test encounters (+10,263)
13,272 deaths among cases (+9)
13,985 deaths due to COVID-19 (+5)
9,766 outbreaks (+0)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 145 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 14 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 Friday, 4,594,157 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,133,385 have been fully vaccinated.

For the week ending Sept. 23, Colorado reported a total of 5,364 cases of the novel coronavirus, a decrease of 670 cases (-11.1%) from last week. The state's positivity rate went up by 0.56% from a week ago on Friday, to 5.76%

Thursday, Sept. 22

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

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

1,649,100 cases (+1,652)
68,630 hospitalized (+44)
64 counties (+0)
5,102,951 people tested (+2,605)
20,135,500 test encounters (+33,020)
13,263 deaths among cases (+10)
13,980 deaths due to COVID-19 (+14)
9,766 outbreaks (+28)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 145 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 14 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.74%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Thursday, 4,593,143 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,132,571 have been fully vaccinated.

Wednesday, Sept. 21

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

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

1,648,405 cases (+953)
68,624 hospitalized (+38)
64 counties (+0)
5,101,675 people tested (+1,329)
20,118,676 test encounters (+16,196)
13,260 deaths among cases (+7)
13,974 deaths due to COVID-19 (+8)
9,766 outbreaks (+28)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 145 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 14 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.60%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Wednesday, 4,592,269 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,131,828 have been fully vaccinated.

Tuesday, Sept. 20

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

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

1,647,452 cases (+667)
68,586 hospitalized (+92)
64 counties (+0)
5,100,346 people tested (+774)
20,102,480 test encounters (+5,328)
13,253 deaths among cases (+8)
13,966 deaths due to COVID-19 (+7)
9,738 outbreaks (+0)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 159 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 28 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.12%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Tuesday, 4,591,053 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,130,790 have been fully vaccinated.

Monday, Sept. 19

4 p.m. | Lates 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.

1,646,785 cases (+1,329)
68,494 hospitalized (+4)
64 counties (+0)
5,099,572 people tested (+2,694)
20,097,152 test encounters (+30,564)
13,245 deaths among cases (+5)
13,959 deaths due to COVID-19 (+9)
9,738 outbreaks (+0)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 159 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 28 fewer than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 5.13%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Monday, 4,590,588 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,130,383 have been fully vaccinated.

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

For the week ending Sept. 16, Colorado reported a total of 6,034 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 1,304 (+27.6%) from last week. The state's positivity rate went down by 0.06% from a week ago on Friday, to 5.20%

Click here for the COVID-19 live blog for LAST WEEK.