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No Time To Panic, But Time To Prepare: COVID Cases Rising In Colorado

The seven-day state average has gone from 302 people with COVID on March 26 to more than 1,000 in early May.

By Michael Abeyta, CBS Denver:


BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- The number of Coloradans sick with COVID-19 has tripled in recent weeks. The 7-day average has gone from 302 people with COVID on March 26 to more than 1,000 in early May.

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“We’ve been seeing cases trending upwards for the past four weeks or so,” says Carol Helwig, the Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program Manager at Boulder County Public Health. "Transmission is increasing, although it’s increasing more so related to case."

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