City and County of Denver COVID-19 Response Update
Published on January 22, 2021
DENVER – The City and County of Denver today provided the following COVID-19 status update:
Addressing Vaccine Reluctance in Communities of Color
Mayor Hancock hosted a virtual panel discussion to offer historic context around the interaction between the African American community and the medical community, stressing the importance of getting vaccinated while also addressing the very real fears people have about this virus and previous experiences between the medical community and communities of color. Future panels will focus on Latinx, Asian, Native American and immigrant/refugee communities. Watch the panel discussion.
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Denver County Current Status:
*Numbers represent current data, and are subject to change based on additional data
Denver residents initiating vaccination – 1st Dose received: 38,107
Denver residents completing vaccination – 2nd Dose received: 12,193
Current State Dial Level: Orange – High Risk
- Two-week cumulative incidence rate of ≥175 - <350
- To return to Level Yellow: two-week cumulative incidence rate of ≥75 - <175
- Two-week average positivity rate no greater than 15%
- To return to Level Yellow: two-week average positivity rate no greater than 10%
- Decreasing or Stable Hospitalizations for 8-11 Days
Denver two-week cumulative incidence rate
- Friday, Jan. 15: 515.9 average of new daily cases per 100,000 population
- Saturday, Jan. 16: 520.9
- Sunday, Jan. 17: 512.4
- Monday, Jan. 18: 510.9
- Tuesday, Jan. 19: 494.4
- Wednesday, Jan. 20: 456.8
- Thursday, Jan. 21: 417.1
Two-week average positivity rate
- Friday, Jan. 15: 5.0%
- Saturday, Jan. 16: 4.9%
- Sunday, Jan. 17: 4.8%
- Monday, Jan. 18: 4.6%
- Tuesday, Jan. 19: 4.4%
- Wednesday, Jan. 20: 4.3%
- Thursday, Jan. 21: 4.2%
Decreasing or stable hospitalizations
Current: 11 days of declining or stable new hospital admissions
Persons hospitalized with COVID-19 North Central Region: 440.3 (14-day average)
ICU hospital bed capacity North Central Region: 64.8% (7-day average)
Cumulative Denver positive cases: 54,006
Cumulative Denver deaths from COVID-19: 482
Current public health orders and capacity restrictions for Level Orange