Denver's Stay-At-Home Order May Be Extended Until April 30

DENVER, CO — The stay-at-home order in Denver is set to be extended, Mayor Michael Hancock told 9News Tuesday.

"While we have some embers of hope, we know that we're going to have to ride this thing out further and April 30 is the best target we have at this point in time," Hancock says in a video posted online by 9News' Kyle Clark.

"You can plan on it ... there's no one around telling me that we'll be out of the water by the 11th."

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Hancock said he anticipates that the city will formally announce the extension of the order sometime over the next week.

As of government data released Monday afternoon, there were 465 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Denver, and six people had died in the city, health officials confirmed.

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