2 additional cases of variant in confirmed county
Colorado Depar tment of Public Health and Environment confirmed two additional P.1 variant cases among Boulder County residents, and Boulder County Public Health on Friday reported 97 new COVID-19 cases, seven hospitalizations and no new deaths in almost a month.
On Friday, a spokesperson for CDPHE confirmed data updated on its variants of concern dashboard that there are two additional P.1 variant cases in Boulder County, bringing the total to 4. Information about when these two additional cases were identified, or when those residents tested positive were not available Friday.
Boulder County Public Health spokeswoman Angela Simental said Friday that CDPHE is taking the lead on the P.1 variant in terms of tracking, contact tracing, investigating and notifying the public.
The 97 new cases bring the county’s total cases to 21,495 and the seven new hospitalizations bring the county’s total to 745, with 20 residents currently hospitalized with coronavirus. No residents were discharged Friday. The number of resident deaths remains at 250 for the 29th day. The county also reported the seven-day average positivity rate is 5.9%.
Of the 4,760 COVID-19 cases reported in Boulder County since Jan. 3 through Wednesday, 3,261 involved residents who identified as white, another 1,031 af fected people who identified as Latino and the remaining 277 cases were associated with those who identified as another nonwhite and non-latino race. Data about the racial identities of the 94 residents who cases where reported Thursday as well as the 97 residents whose cases were reported Friday will be available Monday.
Of the 381 COVID-19 cases reported in Boulder County this week, 176 involved residents who identified as white, another 40 af fected people who identified as Latino and 10 cases were associated with those who identified as another non-white and nonLatino race. The remaining 191 cases reported Thursday and Friday were unclassified races with data for those cases still processing.
County data updated Monday also showed the following demographic breakdown of COVID-19 related deaths, hospitalizations and cases in the county. The data for demographic breakdown of deaths is unchanged because there have not been any reported COVID19 deaths in Boulder County for almost a month.
The demographic breakdown of cases is:
•White/non-latino, 62.5%; a 0.2 percentage point increase from Monday’s data;
•Latino, 32.4%; a 0.2 percentage point decrease from Monday’s data;
•Asian, 2.5%;
•Black, 1.0%;
•American Indian/alaskan Native, 0.3%;
•Other/non-latino, nonwhite, 1.3%.
The demographic breakdown of deaths is:
•White/non-latino, 75.9%;
•Latino, 17.5%;
•Asian, 4.4%;
•Black, 0.9%;
•American Indian/alaskan Native, 0%;
•Other/non-latino, nonwhite, 1.3%.
The demographic breakdown of hospitalization is:
•White/non-latino, 54.2%;
•Latino, 38.9%, a 0.2 percentage point decrease from Monday’s data;
•Asian, 4.2%;
•Black, 1.6%, a 0.3 percentage point increase from Monday’s data;
•American Indian/alaskan Native;
•Other/non-latino, nonwhite, 0.7%.
Of the 381 cases reported this week, 102 cases were identified as Boulder residents; 83 cases were identified as Longmont residents; 59 cases came from Lafayette, Louisville or Superior residents; and 63 were identified in residents in other smaller municipalities or unincorporated areas of Boulder County. Data for where cases came from Thursday and Friday will be available Monday.
The St. Vrain Valley School District reported on its dashboard Friday 61 active cases, split between 24 students and zero for staf f members. The district also reported on its dashboard Friday, 1,390 persons quarantined split between 1,371 students and 19 staf f members.
Data updated Thursday shows that of the county’s cases, 8,057 involved Boulder residents, and 7,175 have involved Longmont residents. There have been 1,717 cases in Lafayette residents, 960 in Louisville residents, 440 in Superior residents, 563 in Erie residents, 70 in L yons residents, 25 in Nederland residents and 1,883 in residents of unincorporated Boulder County. Cases have been confirmed in 84 people experiencing homelessness.
The rate of infection for Boulder residents is 7,567.2 per 100,000 people, data shows. In Longmont, the rate of infection is 7,427.8 per 100,000. In Lafayette, the rate is 5,601.4; in Louisville, the rate is 4,614.1; in L yons, the rate is 3,419.6; in Erie, the rate is 4,760.7; in Superior, the rate is 3,364.4; in Nederland, the rate is 1,623.4; and in unincorporated Boulder County, the rate is 4,310.0.