Boulder County Coronavirus Update: More Than 1,300 New Cases

BOULDER COUNTY, CO — Over the past week, 1,366 new cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Boulder County, according to the latest public health data.

As of Friday, 10,728 people in the county had tested positive for the virus since the outbreak began. The death toll reached 118 after 6 deaths were reported over the past week.

Around 336 people have been hospitalized since the outbreak began, according to Boulder County Public Health. More than 160,000 people have been tested in the county.

The University of Colorado Boulder, which has moved all its classes online, administered around 400 tests Monday and Tuesday to family and household members of students, faculty and staff, and seven of those tests were positive, officials said. The university's shift to 100 percent remote learning was originally set to begin after the Thanksgiving break this week, but the university decided to make the move earlier amid climbing coronavirus rates.

Coronavirus cases reported over the past week:

• Boulder: 329 new cases; 4,581 total cases
• Longmont: 416 new cases; 3255 total cases
• Lafayette: 104 new cases; 781 total cases
• Unincorporated Boulder County: 97 new cases, 745 total cases
• Erie: 30 new cases; 208 total cases
• Louisville: 31 new cases; 408 total cases
• Superior: 22 new cases; 147 total cases

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Rate of cases per 100,000 people:

• Boulder: 4303.2
• Longmont: 3390.9
• Lafayette: 2697.8
• Louisville: 1926.2
• Erie: 1848.7
• Unincorporated Boulder County: 1676.2
• Superior: 1120.5

>> View the full Boulder County data report here.

Boulder County has shifted to the new 'Level Red' on the statewide COVID-19 Dial: