COVID-19Townhall #5

Weld County Department of Public Health & Environment

April 9, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic Local Timeline

March

First Colorado COVID-19 Case Reported

Governor Declares State of Emergency

PHO 20-20Nursing, Assisted Living, and Intermediate Care

Facilities

Weld County Public Health Pandemic Declared includes

Social Distancing

First Weld COVID-19 Death

April

PHASE 1 SOCIAL DISTANCING

Executive Order to Reduce

Workforce by 50%

Over 5,000 Colorado Cases Reported

Today

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PHO 20-22Closing Bars, Restaurants,

Theaters, Gyms, and Casinos

Executive Order Stay at Home

PHO 20-23Social

Distancing

First Weld COVID-19 Case Reported

Schools/Universities Close

PHASE 2 SOCIAL DISTANCING

Over 100 Weld COVID-19 Cases Reported

First Weld COVID-19 Death Over 500 Weld COVID-19

Cases Reported

NoCo Testing Clinics Begin

COLORADO IMPLEMENTS TESTING

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One Month Since First Colorado Case

PHASE 1 EFFECTS EXPECTED HERE

Physical Distancing is Important

• We continue to see ongoing community spread of the virus

• Still need to reduce the contact rate between infectious and susceptible people

• Without a vaccine, physical distancing is one of the best tools we have to slow the spread

Colorado COVID-19 Report5,655 cases1,162 hospitalized54 counties29,199 people tested193 deaths

44 outbreaks

Note: Data as of 4/8/20 @ 4:00 PM Source: https://covid19.colorado.gov/case-data

Note: Data as of 4/7/20 @ 4:00 PM

Weld vs. ColoradoSo far, it looks like the number of reported new cases peaked last week.

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COVID-19 Cases in Weld County by Specimen Collection Date, March 10, 2020 to April 8, 2020 (n=605 cases)

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COVID-19 Deaths in Weld County by Death Date, March 15, 2020 to April 7, 2020 (n=36 cases)

This virus is serious

HealthcareFacility Outbreaks

Over 40 lab confirmed cases in residents of facilities

Over 40% of the lab confirmed cases passed away.

Age range is 51 years to 99 years

Average age is 78 years

Also, there are health care workers who are cases tied to these cases

NOCO Healthcare Capacity Nearly 200 Weld residents have been hospitalized due to COVID-19 since early March & over 30 have died

NOCO Healthcare Capacity Although our healthcare system is seeing more COVID-19 cases, our ventilator supply appears to be adequate at this time.

Community Messaging:Stressing Physical Distancing & Seriousness of the Virus

Masks

ADDED PROTECTION WITH CLOTH MASKS

UNIVERSAL MASKING INSIDE HEALTHCARE

Billboards Throughout Weld County

Posters and Resources for Worksites (also available in Spanish)

Thank you!