Testing has confirmed 24,174 cases of novel coronavirus in
Colorado, and 1,332 people infected with the virus have died,
according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment tally Sunday evening.
The number of cases was up by 210, with five more deaths since
Saturday.
The number of people tested for COVID-19, the highly contagious
respiratory disease caused by the virus, reached 150,308, the
latest state records show. More than 2,500 people were tested in
one day. The actual number of people in Colorado with COVID-19 is
thought to be several times higher than the number confirmed by
testing.
On Sunday, state records showed 4,119 people have been
hospitalized with the virus since it first was detected in Colorado
in March.
State health officials were tracking 264 outbreaks at nursing
homes, factories, prisons and other group settings.
The health department has changed the way it reports deaths
related to the virus, listing the number of fatalities among people
with the virus (1,332) as well the number of deaths directly
attributed to COVID-19 on a death certificate — 1,088.
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person to person
through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person
coughs or sneezes. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses
of people nearby or, possibly, be inhaled into the lungs.
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control officials say the virus is more
likely to spread when people are in close contact with one another
— within about 6 feet. It’s possible for a person to get
COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it
and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes.
This isn’t thought to be the main way the virus spreads. Heath
experts say they’re still learning more about this virus.
But it is clear that the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads
easily. Health officials monitoring the continuing COVID-19
pandemic say it appears to be spreading more efficiently than
influenza, but not as efficiently as measles.
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