2M are at least partially vaccinated

No new deaths in Boulder County for past 31 days

More than 2 million people in Colorado have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement Saturday.

He called the vaccination push the “greatest national effort since World War II,” and urged people who have not yet been vaccinated to continue wearing masks as the state enters a fourth wave of coronavirus infections.

Health officials are seeing more contagious variants of the virus spreading among people under the age of 50. Still, the fourth wave is expected to be less severe than the spike Colorado experienced in the fall, officials said.

There are about 5.8 million people in Colorado, so about a third of residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

On Sunday, Boulder County reported 55 new coronavirus cases but no new deaths.

The cases bring Boulder County’s total case number to 21,595, according to Boulder County Public

Health’s dashboard. The death toll remained at 250 people for the 31st day. As of Friday, there were 20 people in Boulder County’s hospitals due to COVID-19. There have been 749 county residents hospitalized total. The seven-day average percent positivity rate was 5.9%.

The University of Colorado Boulder reported seven positive test results out of 47 diagnostic tests and 1,263 monitoring tests taken Friday. There were 23 on-campus isolation spaces in use, which is 4% of the campus’ available isolation space. Since Jan. 4, there have been 641 total positive results and 85,012 monitoring tests and 9,845 diagnostic tests. Throughout the school year, there have been 2,366 total positive tests.

Statewide, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, reported that there were 478,678 cases and 26,274 hospitalizations. There have been 6,296 deaths due to COVID-19. Of Colorado’s more than 5.7 million population, there have been 2,793,615 people tested. Amy Bounds contributed to this report.