There are now 29,206,727 coronavirus cases in the U.S. and 530,523 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Colorado (Updated on March 11):

– 440,220 cases, including 61,246 in Denver County

– 2,633,031 people tested

– The number of deaths directly caused by COVID is 6,021 while the number of deaths among patients who had COVID at their time of death, including those who died of other causes, is 6,056. That number includes 765 deaths in Denver County 

– 1.37% fatality rate in the state

– At least 650 active outbreaks

The latest local COVID-19 news:

– Custer County in standoff with the state over COVID-19 restrictions as county commissioners tell officials they won’t change their decision to end restrictions.

– Vice President Kamala Harris to showcase COVID-19 relief package with campaign to Denver.

– FEMA to reimburse Denver up to $60.4 million for emergency shelter services during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

– Colorado delegation reacts to federal approval of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. 

– El Paso County commissioner calls on the Colorado Attorney General to investigate COVID-19 vaccine discrepancy. 

– No additional cases of the South African COVID-19 variant have yet been found in Colorado after it was first identified inside of a state prison. 

– Hobby Lobby and four other businesses lose court challenges over Denver’s COVID-19 public health orders. 

– Douglas County commissioners to consider petitioning the state to ‘fully reopen‘ the county, ending all COVID-19 restrictions. 

– Colorado once again updates its COVID-19 restriction metrics, expanding restaurant capacity limits.

– As the South African COVID-19 variant appears in Colorado, the issue of vaccinating prison inmates rises again. 

– South African COVID-19 variant detected in Colorado for the first time in a state-run Buena Vista prison. 

– One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Jared Polis strikes a mournful tune at the state memorial service. 

– Denver unlikely to get direct COVID-19 shipments from the federal government; county to begin vaccinating jail inmates. 

– Gov. Jared Polis extends state mask mandate on one-year anniversary of Colorado’s first COVID-19 case. 

– Sen. John Hickenlooper asks the Small Business Administration to lift limits on COVID-19 relief loans to small businesses.