Coronavirus In Colorado: What To Know Monday, April 27

According to government data posted Sunday afternoon, 13,441 people were infected with the new coronavirus in Colorado among 63,274 people who have been tested since the outbreak began. There were 2,438 people hospitalized, and the death toll has reached 680.

The statewide stay-at-home order ended Sunday; however some counties — including Denver, Boulder, Jefferson, Arapahoe and Adams counties — have extended their stay-at-home orders through May 8.

"We can rebuild the economy," Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said in a news conference Friday. "What we can't do is replace lives lost."

Other recent developments in Colorado and around the United States:

• President Donald Trump did not hold a news briefing about the new coronavirus on Saturday, instead suggesting that his daily appearances were no longer "worth the time." In a tweet, he said the mainstream media has not been reporting facts accurately.

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• On Sunday, elected officials were discussing a new federal emergency relief bill that would help state and local governments facing budget problems. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, is proposing a $500 billion bill that would supply emergency relief aid to state and local governments.
• On Friday, the World Health Organization said there is currently "no evidence" that people who have recovered from COVID-19 are protected from getting the virus and illness again. Elected officials, such as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, are touting the antibody testing as a crucial step that will allow the United States to re-open.
• The White House is planning to shift Trump's public focus to efforts aimed at easing the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. Some states have started to ease closure orders, and Trump is expected to focus on his administration's work in helping businesses and employees.
• In the food industry, the ripple effect of restaurant closures has produced both food shortages and vast waste. It's a crisis of contradictions and, as Patch reports, the pressures have led to empty store shelves and unprecedented demand for food banks while"gallons and bushels of food and milk were thrown away elsewhere like garbage."
• Several states piloted by Democratic and Republican governors grow closer to a soft reopening this weekend, a move designed to breathe life back into their economies even as the national new coronavirus death toll passed 54,000.
• At least 138 inmates at Colorado's Sterling Correctional Facility have tested positive for the new coronavirus, state officials confirmed Friday. The facility worked with state health officials to test 473 inmates.
• As of Friday morning, 64 inmates in Denver's two jails tested positive for the new coronavirus, the city's Joint Information Center confirmed. Thirteen inmates who tested positive have been released, officials said.
• In an effort to increase social distancing during the new coronavirus pandemic, Walmart stores in Colorado are implementing one-way aisles.
• Colorado may be able to safely ease its new coronavirus social distancing rules in late May, new projections show; however, Gov. Jared Polis said it could be "months" before the rules are eased.
• Colorado schools will be closed for the rest of the school year. The state's largest teachers union supported the decision to keep schools closed, calling it a "difficult, yet necessary decision."
• Faith-based leaders across Denver's metro area came together over the weekend for a 72-hour virtual prayer marathon amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The event, Denver Prays, included one-hour prayer sessions around the clock on Zoom.

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