Monkeypox Update; Local COVID-19 Rate Status; CDPHE Weekly COVID-19 Update

Description: The situations, numbers, website links, data, and etc. described below were current as of Thursday 7/21/2022 at 11:32 am...

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Monkeypox Update; Local COVID-19 Rate Status; CDPHE Weekly COVID-19 Update

The situations, numbers, website links, data, and etc. described below were current as of Thursday 7/21/2022 at 11:32 am

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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.      Monkeypox Update:  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal. Monkeypox is not related to chickenpox.”  The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has a lot of information about Monkeypox on its website, and you can find that info here:  Monkeypox | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov)

2.      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). 

3.      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:

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

641 - Number of new hospital admissions for the week of 07/10/22 (a -10% change in admissions from the previous week)

Data reported daily:

1,650 - New cases reported

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

17,620 - Total number of tests (commercial and state labs) data reported on 07/19/2022

11.16% - 7-day moving average positivity 

4,537,883 - People immunized with one dose 

4,075,959 - People fully immunized

11,195,889 - Cumulative doses administered             view vaccine data

Cumulative Case Summary

1,576,694 - Cases 

66,118 - Hospitalizations                                            view hospital data

64 - Counties                                                               view incidence and epidemic curve data-

5,021,227 -  People tested

19,251,481 - Test encounters

12,922 - Deaths among cases                                      view surveillance data

13,295 - Deaths due to COVID

9,404 - 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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