Colorado recorded a record-breaking number of COVID-19 hospitalizations on Sunday, with more than 1,000 people in hospitals statewide with the novel coronavirus
The surge is hospitalizations comes just days after the state surpassed the April peak for hospitalizations. State officials warned last week that Colorado is headed into a critical phase of the pandemic.
On Sunday, 1,023people were hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Previously, hospitalizations peaked in April with 888 people hospitalized, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Currently, 84% of the state’s 1,984 available intensive-care unit beds are in use, a percentage that’s been creeping up since September.
The state health department recorded 2,766 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
