Arvada Coronavirus Update: New Cases, Jeffco Public Schools Rates

ARVADA, CO — Over the past two weeks, 118 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Arvada, according to the latest public health data. Since the Labor Day weekend, the city has seen an uptick in the number of bi-weekly cases reported.

As of Monday, there have been 1,110 cases on the Jeffco side of Arvada since the outbreak began, and 31 cases on the Adams County side, public health agencies confirmed.

The rate of infection per 1,000 residents in Arvada is 8.98, up from 8.44 a week ago, according to Jeffco Public Health.

Jeffco Public Schools has launched a COVID-19 dashboard that tracks cases in each school. There have been 60 cases in the district since Aug. 31, and as of Monday, there were six 'active' cases, the dashboard shows:

• Vanderhoof Elementary: 1
• Lakewood High: 1
• Kyffin Elementary: 3
• Everitt Middle: 3
• D'Evelyn Junior/Senior: 3
• Bear Creek High: 1

Coronavirus cases in neighboring areas:

Since the COVID-19 outbreak began, there have been 9,149 cases of the coronavirus in Adams County, and 5,745 cases in Jefferson County.

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Colorado public health officials have established a coronavirus dial for each county that shows different levels of 'openness.' Jefferson County is under the Safer at Home Level 2. To enter the 'Protect Our Neighbors phase, Jeffco needs to contain surges in cases and outbreaks through testing, case investigation, contact tracing, isolation, quarantine, site-specific closures and enforcement of public health orders:

• Sufficient hospital bed capacity
• Sufficient personal protective equipment supply
• Stable or declining COVID-19 hospitalizations
• Sufficient testing capacity
• Fewer new cases
• Ability to implement case investigation and contact tracing protocol
• Documented surge-capacity plan for case investigation and contact tracing
• Documented strategies to offer testing to close contacts

Over the past week, 4,091 new cases have been reported in Colorado. The state has seen a spike in cases over the past month, which have been linked to colleges.

As of Monday, 69,490 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Colorado among 894,996 people who have been tested since the outbreak began, health officials confirmed. Around 7,530 people have been hospitalized, and the death toll has reached 1,945 after 31 people died over the past week.