County officials report 96 virus cases
CU Boulder reports 21 confirmed cases
The University of Colorado Boulder reported 21 new coronavirus cases for Wednesday, the lowest single-day total since the start of the month and the second straight day of declining numbers.
The 21 tests were out of 888 screenings and 217 diagnostic tests, also the fewest since early September.
Wednesday was the first day of remote learning for CU Boulder after the school made the decision to go to online classes for at least two weeks to help curb the spread of the virus.
CU Boulder has reported 933 positive tests through university testing. Only those who get a test at the school are included in those numbers, and only on-campus students are required to take tests.
The state Wednesday declared the school an outbreak site and said there had been 1,210 positive tests since the start of the semester. It is the largest outbreak in the state.
Boulder County also has issued an order prohibiting gatherings of Boulder residents ages 18 to 22 and also issued stay-at-home orders to 36 addresses to try to stop the spread of the virus.
County data shows 96 new cases were reported Thursday, bringing the total amount of cases to 4,145. Of those, 205 have been hospitalized and 1,024 have recovered.
There are 194 disease investigations in progress and the death toll remains at 79.
Data updated Thursday shows there have been 432.5 cases per 100,000 people in the past 14 days.
Boulder County Public Health started graphing the number of cases per day, separated between county residents and county residents affiliated with CU Boulder. On Tuesday, 107 of the county’s 146 cases in the 24-hour time frame were affiliated with the university. On Wednesday, 67 of 86 cases were affiliated with the university.
Data updated Thursday shows that of the county’s cases, 2,322 have been reported in Boulder and 876 were reported in Longmont. There are 245 cases in Lafayette, 162 in Louisville, 53 in Superior, 49 in Erie, eight in Lyons, four in Nederland and 227 in unincorporated Boulder County. Cases have been confirmed in seven people experiencing homelessness.
The rate of infection for Boulder residents is 2,181.2 per 100,000 people, data shows. In Longmont, the rate of infection is 912.6 per 100,000.
In Lafayette, the rate is 846.3; in Louisville, the rate is 746.8; in Lyons, the rate is 387.2; in Erie, the rate is 435.5; in Superior, the rate is 404 and in unincorporated Boulder County the rate is 510.7 per 100,000.
Statewide, there have been 67,217 positive or probable cases. There have been 2,033 deaths among the cases, and of those, there have been 1,935 deaths because of the coronavirus. There have been 7,454 people hospitalized. Of Colorado’s roughly 5.7 million population, 858,108 people have been tested for the virus.