Boulder County Coronavirus Update: 71 New Cases Confirmed

BOULDER COUNTY, CO — Over the past week, 71 new cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Boulder County, according to public health data. As of Thursday, 1,492 people had tested positive for the virus since the outbreak began. The death toll in the county has reached 72.

Around 595 people have recovered in the county and 177 have been hospitalized since the outbreak began, according to Boulder County Public Health. More than 19,000 people have been tested in the county.

The agency released the following municipal breakdown of case numbers, which include both probable and confirmed cases as of Thursday:

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Longmont has the highest rate of cases per 100,000 people — 573, followed by Boulder (527.9) and Lafayette (421.4).

>> View the full Boulder County data report here.

The Boulder County Board of Health has approved an extension of the county's face covering order, which will remain in place until it's rescinded, health officials said.

Public health officials have also issued a reminder for parents about face mask guidelines in Boulder County — children over 2 years old should wear face coverings as they "can carry and transmit the virus to others, including vulnerable adults," health officials said.

"We did not make it a requirement in our face covering order that children younger than 12 wear a mask because they cannot form the requisite intent to violate the law in the same way that an adult can," said Jeff Zayach, Boulder County Public Health's executive director.

"But that doesn't mean we don't recommend it. We know masks are a very important tool in the tool box along with maintaining social distancing and washing hands frequently."

Denver, Arapahoe and Weld counties consistently have the highest overall number of cases in the state; however over the past two weeks, Logan, Morgan and Saguache counties have had the highest case rates per 100,000 people.

As of Thursday, 35,525 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Colorado among 374,161 people who have been tested since the outbreak began, health officials confirmed. Around 5,831 people have been hospitalized, and the death toll among people who tested positive for COVID-19 has reached 1,706.