The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on Wednesday updated its COVID-19 case numbers to 8,280, with 1,636 patients hospitalized and 357 deaths. 

The virus has spread across 56 counties in the state. Denver County has the most cases, with 1,468. Denver also has lost 61 people to the virus. 

Weld and Arapahoe counties are also high in death counts, at 57 and 52, respectively. 

The CDPHE also stated that 40,533 people had been tested for the virus. The total number may not include all negative results.

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.

The CDPHE’s COVID-19 website daily reported 78 outbreaks at non-hospital health care facilities, which includes nursing homes, assisted living and long-term living facilities, rehab centers and senior living centers.  However, an additional 8 facilities were added to that list after checking with individual county health departments.

The state department does not provide the names or locations or those facilities; Colorado Politics and other media outlets have been asking for regular updates. 

The CDPHE announced it would begin releasing more details on outbreaks at those facilities, including name, number of confirmed positive cases among staff and residents and total confirmed deaths. That will begin on Wednesday.

Information compiled from CDPHE, Denver Public Health, Jefferson County Public Health and the El Paso County Deparment of Public Health.