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Coronavirus in Colorado: The latest numbers

There are now 10,217,789 coronavirus cases in the U.S. and 239,374 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Colorado (Updated on Nov. 10):

– 134,537 cases, including 23,816 in Denver County

– 1,341,956 people tested

– 2,408 deaths among cases, including 459 in Denver County

– 1.79% fatality rate in the state

– At least 587 active outbreaks

The latest local COVID-19 news:

– The University of Colorado Boulder will halt in-person learning and stay online for the rest of the semester over the statewide spike in COVID-19 cases.

– Denver estimates that its pandemic outdoor dining program has saved $287 million in revenue for local restaurants.

– The state is recruiting an additional 100 AmeriCorps members to serve in its COVID-19 Containment Response Corps as Colorado faces a new peak in the pandemic.

– The state, city and private providers offer a variety of coronavirus testing locations to address the recent spike in cases.

– The coronavirus outbreak at the El Paso County jail continues to grow as two employees are hospitalized. Officials compare the fast-spreading virus to “a wildfire.”

– Teller and Arapahoe counties are implementing more restrictions for businesses and public gatherings amid rising coronavirus cases.

– Gov. Jared Polis celebrates Pfizer’s announcement that their coronavirus vaccine is 90% effective in early tests, while asking Coloradans to keep guards up.

– Colorado launches its first two COVID-19 testing kiosks at the University of Northern Colorado and Denver International Airport.

– At least a half dozen school districts in Colorado experience COVID-19 outbreaks among bus drivers and other transportation workers.

– Colorado will offer a virtual bar exam in February due to COVID-19. Over the summer, Colorado administered the test in person with multiple sites and temperature checks.

– Denver to institute 10 p.m. closure order for businesses and recommended curfew beginning Sunday as coronavirus cases rise. 

– Activists and detainees are expressing concern as an October spike in COVID-19 cases at the Aurora ICE Detention Facility has continued into November.

– Trials in Colorado’s federal court system continue through January amid spike in COVID-19 cases.

– Gov. Jared Polis said in Colorado, COVID-19 now at its worst point since beginning of pandemic

– Colorado is expected to hit a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations within the next two to three days, state health officials said, warning that “the pandemic is surging across Colorado.”

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Thursday, March 5, 2020, Tennessee’s Department of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey confirmed the state’s first case of the new coronavirus. (NIAID-RML via AP)
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