Coronavirus in Colorado: COVID-19 updates for May 2-May 8, 2022 – Denver 7 Colorado News

More than 1,385,100 people in Colorado have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 62,000 have been hospitalized as of Monday, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Click here for the latest update on the number of cases, the age, gender and location of presumptive positive, indeterminate and confirmed cases from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Below, we’re updating this blog with the latest information regarding COVID-19 in Colorado.

Latest updates:

Monday, May 2

4 p.m. | Latest coronavirus data

Here’s the latest COVID-19 data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. A reminder that today’s state data is an aggregate from the weekend as well as Monday’s.

1,385,179 cases (+2,155)
62,038 hospitalized (+32)
64 counties (+0)
4,865,808 people tested (+4,442)
17,429,044 test encounters (+35,284)
12,153 deaths among cases (+3)
13,223 deaths due to COVID-19 (+4)
8,634 outbreaks (+9)

The latest hospital data, which the state is now updating only on Wednesdays, shows 103 beds in use by patients with confirmed cases of COVID-19, 15 more than a week ago. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 6.15%. The state’s goal is to remain below 5%.

As of Monday, 4,467,905 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 4,034,181 have been fully vaccinated.

Click here for the COVID-19 live blog for April 2-8, 2022.