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Larimer and Weld counties, Colorado

Greeley

CDPHE rates Greeley plant's COVID-19 trend a steady increase

Larimer County had 8 confirmed human West Nile cases this season, 4 hospitalized, as of Oct. 21. CDPHE reported 2 respiratory outbreaks statewide in the week to Oct. 24.

COVID-19 was found in 3 of the 4 samples from Greeley's plant in the two weeks to Oct. 21, compared with 2 of 3 in the two weeks before. Enterovirus D68 was found in 4 of the 4 samples from Fort Collins' Drake plant in the two weeks to Oct. 22, and its level was higher than in the two weeks before; at Greeley's plant, the level was about the same as in the two weeks before.

In the wastewater

PlantVirusSamples that found itTrend
Fort Collins, Drake plantCOVID-193 of 4Plateau (CDPHE)
Fort Collins, Drake plantFlu A0 of 4Not found
Fort Collins, Drake plantFlu B0 of 4Not found
Fort Collins, Drake plantRSV0 of 4Not found
Fort Collins, Drake plantEnterovirus D684 of 4Higher
Fort Collins, Drake plantWest Nile virus0 of 4Not found
GreeleyCOVID-193 of 4Steady increase (CDPHE)
GreeleyFlu A0 of 4Not found
GreeleyFlu B0 of 4Not found
GreeleyRSV0 of 4Not found
GreeleyEnterovirus D684 of 4About the same
GreeleyWest Nile virus0 of 4Not found

Samples in the two weeks to each plant's newest. COVID-19's trend is CDPHE's own; the others compare the two weeks with the two before. A virus found in wastewater is not a count of cases.

West Nile virus, Larimer County

As ofHuman casesHospitalizedPositive traps
Oct. 2184

Confirmed human cases this season; mosquito traps tested in week None. From Larimer County's West Nile virus dashboard.

Respiratory outbreaks, Colorado

Week toOutbreaks
Oct. 32
Oct. 102
Oct. 172
Oct. 242

COVID-19, flu and RSV outbreaks reported to CDPHE statewide; it does not publish them by county.

The health watch

From the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Larimer County and the state's list of licensed child care providers.