PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS - Newsletter from Otero County Health Dept. 9/1/22
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Description: Veterans’ Information; Public Feedback Wanted Regarding Environmental Justice; Colorado’s Public & Environmental Health Improvement Plan for 2024; COVID-19 Information; Monkeypox Information.
PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS
Veterans’ Information; Public Feedback Wanted Regarding Environmental Justice; Colorado’s Public & Environmental Health Improvement Plan for 2024; COVID-19 Information; Monkeypox Information
The situations, numbers, website links, data, and etc. described below were current as of Thursday 9/1/2022 at 11:25 am
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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. Veterans’ Information: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Partner Update 8/26/22
VETERANS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
2. Public Feedback Wanted Regarding Environmental Justice: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) wants additional feedback from community members on recommendations that the Environmental Justice Action Task Force will send to state officials in the fall. To learn more about this, and to provide your feedback, please click here: Environmental Justice Action Task Force Draft 3 Recommendations (google.com)
3. Colorado’s Public & Environmental Health Improvement Plan for 2024: To view the plan, please point your browser here: CO Public Health Improvement Plan 2024.pdf - Google Drive
4. COVID-19 Information
a. COVID-19 Rate Status: As of the time of this writing, Crowley is in Blue Level and Otero is in Yellow Level for the one week cumulative incidence rate (COVID-19 dial dashboard | Colorado COVID-19 Updates).
b. CDPHE Weekly COVID-19 Update: I receive the following information weekly from CDPHE, and below is information from the report I received earlier today. Please note that this is state-wide data:
Review of current COVID-19 situation
(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:
195 - Number of persons currently hospitalized for confirmed COVID, 53% of those currently hospitalized are unvaccinated
368 - Number of new hospital admissions for the week of 08/21/22 (a -3% change in admissions from the previous week)
Data reported daily:
1,094 - New cases reported
29 - New death among cases reported (since last week’s report)
18,488 - Total number of tests (commercial and state labs) data reported on 08/30/2022
6.17% - 7-day moving average positivity
4,576,642 - People immunized with one dose
4,117,174 - People fully immunized
11,383,382 - Cumulative doses administered view vaccine data
Cumulative Case Summary
1,631,016 - Cases
67,981 - Hospitalizations
64 - Counties
5,078,706 - People tested
19,868,724 - Test encounters
13,166 - Deaths among cases view surveillance data
13,891 - Deaths due to COVID
9,661 - Outbreaks
c. COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): General questions and answers | Colorado COVID-19 Updates
5. Monkeypox Information
a. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE): Monkeypox | Department of Public Health & Environment (colorado.gov)
b. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Monkeypox | Poxvirus | CDC
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)
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