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CDPHE: COVID-19 trend is a steady increase at Fort Collins, Greeley plants

CDPHE reported 3 respiratory outbreaks statewide in the week to Saturday, Nov. 7, compared with 3 in the week to Oct. 17, 6 in the week to Oct. 24 and 6 in the week to Oct. 31.

CDPHE rated the COVID-19 trend a steady increase at the Fort Collins Drake and Greeley plants as of Nov. 11; the virus was found in 4 of the 4 samples in the two weeks to Nov. 5 at Drake and 3 of the 4 samples in the two weeks to Nov. 4 in Greeley. Enterovirus D68 was found in 4 of the 4 samples at each plant, and levels were lower than in the two weeks before.

In the wastewater

PlantVirusSamples that found itTrend
Fort Collins, Drake plantCOVID-194 of 4Steady increase (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 4Lower
GreeleyCOVID-193 of 4Steady increase (CDPHE)
GreeleyFlu A0 of 4Not found
GreeleyFlu B0 of 4Not found
GreeleyRSV0 of 4Not found
GreeleyEnterovirus D684 of 4Lower

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.

Respiratory outbreaks, Colorado

Week toOutbreaks
Oct. 173
Oct. 246
Oct. 316
Nov. 73

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.