Otero/Crowley County Health Department: Crowley County Moving to Red

Description: Crowley County will be moving to a more restrictive level, which is Level Red. This move will be effective Thursday, 12/3/2020 at 12:01am.

Published: 12/01/2020

Byline: Hart

THIS IS A RAPIDLY EVOLVING AND FLUID SITUATION. INFORMATION AND ACTION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME. BE PREPARED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND PATIENT.

The situations, numbers, website links, data, and etc. described below were current as of Tuesday 12/1/2020 at 4:25 pm.

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12/1/2020 Crowley/Otero COVID-19 Update #1: Crowley County Movement to Level Red

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

Internet links: Before I send out each update, I check the links to make sure they are active. However, links do change from time to time, so the links I sent out today may not be the same tomorrow. You may have to search around a bit.

Crowley County Movement To Level Red: On my 11/20/2020 update, I reported to you that the Crowley County non-inmate COVID-19 rate per 100,000 population was 314.99, which is Level Orange. Since that time, Crowley cases have continued to come in and the rate continues to climb. Unfortunately that trend continues upward, and Crowley County has become firmly established in the Red Level. Due to this, Crowley County will be moving to a more restrictive level, which is Level Red. This move will be effective Thursday, 12/3/2020 at 12:01am. We were informed of this move by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) earlier this afternoon. I have attached the letter from CDPHE informing us of the move. How will this affect us? Please visit the level restrictions online at the following website https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wpq8MrsvtY0_jW07mWCLmVXtv4P_wFR2/view and look closely at the Level Red column.

If you have questions regarding churches, restaurants, businesses, events, etc. please contact the following staff that have been assigned to assist you:

ü Su Korbitz

o ehdir@oterogov.org

o (719) 383-4728

ü Tony Harviston

o eha@oterogov.org

o (719) 383-3087

School staff/personnel, if you have school-related questions regarding this situation, please contact our regional school liaison:

ü Aaron Olivieri

o seepr@ocphd.org

o (719) 468-6035

If you call and Aaron, Su, or Tony are not readily available, please leave your name and phone number and they will return your call as soon as they are able.

What can you do to help get our COVID-19 numbers down? https://covid19.colorado.gov/prevention

It’s up to us.

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

CDPHE letter to OCHD seconews.org