OCHD: Crowley County Moves To Yellow on COVID-19 Dial, Feb 1st

Description: Otero/Crowley County Health Department Announces Crowley County Moves To Yellow on COVID-19 Dial.

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 Monday 2/1/2021 at 12:56 pm.

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2/1/2021 Crowley/Otero COVID-19 Update #2:  Crowley County Moves To Level Yellow!

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.

Hello to all, thanks to a lightning-fast response from our friends at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Crowley County has officially moved to the Yellow Level!  GREAT JOB CROWLEY COUNTY!!!  This means that, effective immediately, Crowley County is now under COVID-19 Yellow Level restrictions.  To see the Level Restrictions, go to the following website, scroll to the top, and click on “View Level Restrictions”:  COVID-19 dial dashboard | Colorado COVID-19 Updates

The CDPHE website should reflect this move this afternoon after 4:00 pm (COVID-19 dial dashboard | Colorado COVID-19 Updates)

Crowley has made tremendous progress getting that rate down.  When I last calculated, Crowley County had a 2 week community cumulative incidence rate per 100,000 population (for the time period 1/14/2021-1/27/2021) of 33.16.  This is significantly down from the peak rate of 961.56 recorded on 12/15/2020.  This rate reduction IS NOT by accident, but by actions on your part.  And now, the communities in Crowley County are directly benefiting from less sickness and reduced restrictions thanks to those actions.

NOW, PLEASE READ THESE IMPORTANT NOTES!

a.       Your actions are making a difference!  They are leading to reduced rates, which have lessened restrictions for individuals, families, schools, and businesses.

b.      The pandemic is NOT over, we still have work to do, so please keep up the good work!

c.       What is our goal now?  Keep that rate going down until we establish Crowley County in Level Blue (COVID-19 dial dashboard | Colorado COVID-19 Updates)!

d.      Our rates are reducing because you are doing your part.  Please continue to abide by the Public Health Orders (https://covid19.colorado.gov/prepare-protect-yourself/prevent-the-spread/public-health-executive-orders), level restrictions (COVID-19 dial dashboard | Colorado COVID-19 Updates), and COVID-19 precautions (https://covid19.colorado.gov/prevention).  If we become complacent and stop doing our part, the rate’s current downward trend can change direction very quickly.  The only way we are going to beat COVID-19 is together.

e.       PLEASE CLOSELY FOLLOW AND ABIDE BY LEVEL YELLOW RESTRICTIONS. 

It is 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

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