COVID-19 Townhall #5 Weld County Department of Public Health & Environment April 9, 2020
COVID-19 Pandemic Local Timeline PHO 20-22 Executive Order Closing Bars, Restaurants, Governor Declares State Stay at Home Today Theaters, Gyms, and of Emergency One Month Since First Casinos Colorado Case PHO 20-20 Executive Order Nursing, Assisted Living, to Reduce and Intermediate Care Workforce by PHO 20-23 Facilities 50% Social April March Distancing 5 10 12 14 16 20 22 23 25 27 30 1 2 6 9 31 First Weld Schools/Universities Close Over 100 Weld COVID-19 COVID-19 Death Over 500 Weld COVID-19 Cases Reported First Weld COVID-19 Case Cases Reported Reported Over 5,000 Colorado Cases Reported NoCo Testing Weld County Public Health Clinics Begin First Colorado COVID-19 Pandemic Declared includes Case Reported Social Distancing PHASE 1 EFFECTS EXPECTED HERE First Weld COVID-19 Death PHASE 1 SOCIAL DISTANCING PHASE 2 SOCIAL DISTANCING COLORADO IMPLEMENTS TESTING
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 Report 5,655 cases 1,162 hospitalized 54 counties 29,199 people tested 193 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. Colorado So far, it looks like the number of reported new cases peaked last week. COVID-19 Cases in Weld County by Report Date, March 13, 2020 to April 8, 2020 (n=612 cases) 60 50 40 Number of Cases 30 20 10 0 3/1 3/6 3/11 3/16 3/21 3/26 3/31 4/5 Report Date
COVID-19 Cases in Weld County by Specimen Collection Date, March 10, 2020 to April 8, 2020 (n=605 cases) 65 * Testing clinic completed on this day. 60 55 50 45 Number of Cases 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 3/10 3/12 3/14 3/16 3/18 3/20 3/22 3/24 3/26 3/28 3/30 4/1 4/3 4/5 4/7 Specimen Collection Date
COVID-19 Deaths in Weld County by Death Date, March 15, 2020 to April 7, 2020 (n=36 cases) 10 Number of Deaths 5 0 3/16 3/18 3/20 3/22 3/24 3/26 3/28 3/30 4/1 4/3 4/5 4/7 Date Deceased
This virus is serious
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 Healthcare Facility Average age is 78 years Outbreaks 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!
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