Case rates rising in county

Ongoing case count stands at 23,625; vaccinations exceed 207,000

Larimer County’s COVID-19 risk score remained high on Saturday, as its 14-day case rate rose to 433 cases per 100,000 residents.

Anything over 100 case per 100,000 residents is considered a high risk factor.

The ongoing tally of cases rose by 378 from Thursday to Saturday, and now stands at 23,625 cases since March 2020.

Cases ranged from a 1-year-old Fort Collins boy and 1-year-old Loveland girl to a 93-year-old Loveland woman.

Fort Collins residents accounted for 218 of the newly listed cases, while 105 were from Loveland, 24 from Berthoud, with lesser numbers from other small towns.

Forty-four cases were listed as probable and the rest were confirmed.

The number of deaths remained unchanged at 234.

The number of vaccines administered has reached 207,227 shots, according to the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment’s dashboard.

The dashboard stated that 126,820 residents have received at least one dose, which is 35.5% of the total population.

Only people age 16 and older