988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; COVID-19 Updates

Description: Public Health Matters with Otero/Crowley County Health Department Director Rick Ritter. The situations, numbers, website links, data, and etc. described below were current as of Thursday 7/14/2022 at 12:52 pm.

PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; COVID-19 Public Outbreak Data Update; COVID-19 Rate Status; CDPHE Weekly COVID-19 Update

The situations, numbers, website links, data, and etc. described below were current as of Thursday 7/14/2022 at 12:52 pm

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Please take the time to read and understand this entire message.

Internet links:  Before I send out these emails, I check the links to make sure they are active.  However, links do change from time to time, so the link(s) I sent out now may not be the same later.

1.      988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline:  988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. While some areas may be currently able to connect to the Lifeline by dialing 988, this dialing code will be available to everyone across the United States starting on July 16, 2022.  You can read more about 988 here:  Lifeline (988lifeline.org)

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) also has a lot of information on suicide prevention and loss, which can be found here:  Office of Suicide Prevention | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov)

Colorado Crisis Services offers assistance and support for you and/or a love one:  Home | Colorado Crisis Services

2.      COVID-19 Public Outbreak Data Update:  As the state continues to implement Colorado’s “Roadmap to Moving Forward,” the state’s plan for returning to normalcy, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will transition the public display of its COVID-19 outbreak data to a model aligned with other respiratory pathogens, like influenza.  To get more information on this change, please go here:  CDPHE to update public COVID-19 outbreak data to reflect current stage of response | Colorado COVID-19 Updates

3.      COVID-19 Rate Status:  As of the time of this writing, both Crowley and Otero Counties are in Yellow Level for the one week cumulative incidence rate  (COVID-19 dial dashboard | Colorado COVID-19 Updates). 

4.      CDPHE Weekly COVID-19 Update:  I receive the following information weekly from CDPHE, and below is information from the report I received earlier this morning.  Please note that this is state-wide data: 

(Note: This weekly summary includes data reported through the previous day. Our hospital data currently is reported weekly. For the most current COVID-19 data, visit our website in the links provided.)

Data reported weekly:

324 - Number of persons currently hospitalized for confirmed COVID, 57% of those currently hospitalized are unvaccinated

763 - Number of new hospital admissions for the week of 07/03/22 (a +22% change in admissions from the previous week)

Data reported daily:

1,705 - New cases reported

85 - New death among cases reported (since last week’s report)

15,262 - Total number of tests (commercial and state labs) data reported on 07/12/2022

11.94% - 7-day moving average positivity 

4,529,777 - People immunized with one dose 

4,070,309 - People fully immunized

11,153,446 - Cumulative doses administered  view vaccine data

Cumulative Case Summary

1,563,803 - Cases 

65,269 - Hospitalizations view hospital data

64 - Counties view incidence and epidemic curve data-

5,010,299 -  People tested

19,136,211 - Test encounters

12,868 - Deaths among cases view surveillance data

13,453 - Deaths due to COVID

9,353 - Outbreaks view outbreak data

Richard Ritter, Executive Director

Otero County Health Department

13 West 3rd Street, Room 111

La Junta, Colorado 81050

719-383-3045 (Office)

719-383-3060 (Fax)

rritter@oterogov.org

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