Arvada Coronavirus Update: 149 New Cases Reported

ARVADA, CO — Over the past two weeks, at least 147 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Arvada, according to the latest public health data. The city has seen an uptick in the number of bi-weekly cases reported.

As of Wednesday, there have been 782 cases on the Jeffco side of Arvada since the outbreak began, and at least 12 cases on the Adams County side, public health agencies confirmed.

The rate of infection per 1,000 residents in Arvada is 6.67, up from 6.21 last week, according to Jeffco Public Health.

Coronavirus cases in neighboring areas:

Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, there have been 6,248 cases of the new coronavirus in Adams County, and 4,051 cases in Jefferson County.

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Jefferson and other counties in Colorado have received notices from the state that they are at risk of losing their variances, county officials said. The variances allow some regions — those that can prove contained spread of the coronavirus — more leniency from the state's public health guidelines.

Jefferson County received approval of a variance in early June, which allowed more lenient capacity limits for group gatherings, event centers, places of worship, malls, brewpubs, distilleries and other venues. The county has submitted a second variance request, but the state has put a two-week pause on the review of variance submissions due to a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Jefferson County Public Health issued a new order July 20 that requires venues that host large events to provide a plan outlining how they will adhere to the state's public health orders.

The county also issued a face covering mandate July 14 that requires all residents and visitors to wear a mask or face covering in public when social distancing guidelines can't be followed.

There has been an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Jefferson County since mid-June, health officials said. When the county's first variance request was approved, local officials were given a threshold limit of 580 cases for a two-week period. Between July 5 and July 18, 486 cases were confirmed in the county, the agency said.

Over the past week, more than 3,100 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Colorado. The state has seen a "plateauing" of cases over the past week, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday.

As of Wednesday, 48,988 people have been infected with the coronavirus in our state among 562,086 people who have been tested since the outbreak began, health officials confirmed. Around 6,536 people have been hospitalized, and the death toll has reached 1,717.