This graph shows the hospitalizations in Colorado due to confirmed COVID-19 cases and those presumed to be COVID. — Source: https://covid19.colorado.gov/data
This graph shows the positive case rate per 100,000 residents for Colorado since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. — Source: https://covid19.colorado.gov/data
COVID-19 cases continue to rise
As the number of positive COVID-19 cases continues to climb across the nation, some hospitals are expecting staff and ICU bed shortages as hospitalizations increase.
According to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 31% of hospital facilities in Colorado are anticipating staff shortages within the next week, 14% are anticipating ICU bed shortages and 48% of critical care ventilators are in use.
As of Nov. 30, CDPHE reported that 1,834 patients in Colorado were hospitalized as confirmed COVID-19 cases, and 106 patients were hospitalized as COVID-19 persons under investigation.
There were also 1,368 active cases in the six counties in northeast Colorado at that time, 70 of which were in Phillips County.
Northeast Colorado showed a 19.3% increase in positive COVID-19 cases since last week’s report, with Phillips County recording 32 more for a 20.1% increase to 191 cases.
The Northeast Colorado Health Department reported Morgan County with 52 deaths, Logan County 33, Washington County nine, and Sedgwick, Yuma and Phillips counties two each.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Nov. 30 that Colorado recorded 75.7 average daily cases per 100,000 people in the last seven days, which ranked it as 16th highest in the nation. Overall, Colorado is at a 12.37% state positivity rate.
Colorado has recorded a 17.3% increase in positive COVID-19 cases in the past week, compared to 18.4% the previous week and 24.7% the week before that.
Positive COVID-19 cases were reported Monday, Nov. 30, as follows:
— Northeast Colorado: 4,838 cases (increase of 784 in the last week), including Morgan County, 1,690; Logan County, 2,254; Yuma County, 339; Washington County, 252; Phillips County, 191; and Sedgwick County, 112.
— Colorado: 232,905 cases in 64 counties, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Among people in Colorado who tested positive for COVID-19, 3,037 have died, and 2,656 have listed COVID-19 as the reason of death on a death certificate.
— United States: 13,295,605 cases for a 10.5% increase this week and 266,051 total deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
— The world: 62,363,527 cases for a 7.7% increase this week and 1,456,687 deaths for a 5.8% increase this week, according to the World Health Organization.