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Coronavirus Update In Jefferson County: Latest Cases, Deaths

Here's a look at the rate of Jefferson County cases compared to other counties.

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO — As of Wednesday afternoon, 356 cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed in Jefferson County. Compared to other counties in Colorado, Jeffco had the third-highest number of cases, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

There have been seven deaths in Jefferson County, health officials confirmed.

Counties with the highest number of positive COVID-19 cases:

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  1. Denver - 643
  2. Arapahoe - 441
  3. Jefferson - 385
  4. El Paso - 340
  5. Weld - 329
  6. Eagle - 314
  7. Adams - 260
  8. Douglas - 171
  9. Boulder - 132
  10. Larimer - 124

Counties with the highest number of deaths:

  1. Weld - 16
  2. El Paso - 16
  3. Denver - 11
  4. Arapahoe - 10
  5. Jefferson - 7
  6. Larimer - 7
  7. Adams - 7
  8. Eagle - 4
  9. Pueblo - 2
  10. Pitkin - 2

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The state's rate ranking, which assesses the number of cases per 100,000 people, was not available Thursday afternoon. This was the rate ranking posted Wednesday:

  1. Eagle - 537
  2. Gunnison - 489
  3. Pitkin - 184
  4. Weld - 93
  5. Chaffee - 84
  6. Denver - 81
  7. Summit - 74
  8. Routt - 73
  9. Clear Creek - 62
  10. Jefferson - 61
  11. Arapahoe - 58
  12. Garfield - 57
  13. Douglas - 46
  14. Rio Grande - 44
  15. El Paso - 44

According to government data posted Thursday afternoon, there were 3,728 cases of the new coronavirus in Colorado among 20,411 people who have been tested. There were 710 people hospitalized, and 97 deaths were confirmed.

In a news conference Wednesday, Polis called COVID-19 "the most serious global pandemic since the great influenza in 1918."

"The coronavirus is extremely contagious, that's why it's spreading like wildfire," he said.

Breakdown of cases in Colorado, according to government data posted Thursday afternoon. Graphs courtesy of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

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