CDPHE case update for Friday, March 27: 1,734 cases, 239 hospitalized, 31 deaths
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Friday updated its COVID-19 case numbers to 1,734 cases, with 239 patients hospitalized and 31 deaths. The number of deaths reported may not yet include individual reports from individual county departments.
The virus has spread across 42 counties in the state – Denver County has the most cases, with 312.
The CDPHE also stated that 11,676 people had been tested for the virus.
The department notes that cases include people who had a positive lab test and cases that public health identified and determined were likely to have COVID-19 because of their symptoms and close contact with someone who tested positive. The number of untested cases included in the total case count is a very small portion of the total cases reported.
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