Colorado health officials confirmed two additional deaths and 112 new cases of the coronavirus Saturday as the highly infectious illness continues to spread throughout the state.
The deaths include an Eagle County man in his 60s with underlying health conditions and an El Paso man in his 70s, local health officials said in news releases. The Eagle County man was identified by friends and family as Rod Powell, a well-known Vail musician, the Vail Daily reported.
The influx of positive COVID-19 cases Saturday brings the state to 475 cases in total, with 49 people hospitalized. Six people have died, including three in El Paso County.
Officials there have worried about a host of people over 60 — the most vulnerable population to COVID-19 — being exposed during a handful of bridge games earlier this month. At least two of the three deaths are connected to that game; it is unclear the man who died Saturday was present at the bridge center.
