Hospitalizations have been bouncing between about 150 and 200 since late August, with no clear direction.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 179 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 across the state as of Tuesday afternoon. Hospitalizations have been bouncing between about 150 and 200 since late August, with no clear direction.
Cases increased by 260 to 4,290, which is roughly where they were two weeks ago. The percentage of tests coming back positive also increased to 6.2%, from about 5.1% a week earlier — a fluctuation that’s probably not significant, said Beth Carlton, an associate professor of environmental and occupational health at the Colorado School of Public Health. Statewide, the amount of virus in the wastewater is also relatively flat, Carlton said. As of Tuesday, 16 wastewater utilities showed increases in virus concentrations, 17 showed decreases and 22 were plateaued.That said, a “non-trivial” number of people are still contagious, so it’s a good idea to get your COVID-19 booster, Carlton said. Ideally, people who plan to travel or see vulnerable relatives on Thanksgiving should get their booster and flu shot before Halloween, so they have time to build immunity, she said.showed only Alamosa County was at the “medium” risk level, while Colorado’s other counties were at low risk. The community risk level is largely based on hospitalizations. Transmission levels, which are largely based on cases, were a different story, with 44 of the state’s 64 counties deemed to have “substantial” or “high” transmission.unless there was a new variant. It’s possible that could happen, but trends on the East Coast and Europe could be warning signs.has COVID-19 now, though hospitalizations have increased more gradually. Trends in the United Kingdom aren’t a perfect predictor of what will happen in the United States, but the two have tracked together often enough that it’s worth keeping an eye on, Carlton said. Nationwide, the decline in hospitalizations since mid-July has started to flatten out. Hospitalizations have started to rise in parts of the Northeast and Upper Midwest, though they’re still at manageable levels,The increase comes as new variants of the virus are increasing their share, though it’s not clear if they are what’s driving the hospitalizations. In the United Kingdom and Germany, which has also seen increased cases, there’s no clear culprit variant, Carlton said.according to estimates from the CDCOver those three weeks, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 grew from about 1.6% of infections to about 11.4%. If that trajectory continues, the two BQs could account for the majority of cases in about a month,
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