Coronavirus Update In Lakewood: 116 New Cases Reported

LAKEWOOD, CO — Over the past two weeks, 116 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Lakewood, according to Jefferson County Public Health data. Since the beginning of August, the city has seen a decrease in the number of bi-weekly cases reported.

As of Wednesday, there have been 1,564 cases in Lakewood since the outbreak began. The rate of infection per 1,000 residents in the city is 9.99, the data shows.

There have been 4,498 cases and 234 deaths in Jefferson County since the outbreak began, health officials confirmed. Over the past two weeks, 399 new cases have been reported in the county.

Around 3,993 people have recovered in Jeffco and 29 people were hospitalized as of Wednesday.

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Coronavirus case rates are down in Jefferson County, public health data shows. Between Aug. 2 and Aug. 15, 425 cases were confirmed, according to Jefferson County Public Health.

When the county's first variance request was approved in early June, officials were given a threshold limit of 580 cases for a two-week period.

"We are hopeful that — as long as cases continue to decline or stabilize — we may be able to hold on to our Jefferson County variance," county officials said in a statement.

A variance is a leniency granted to businesses and churches that eases restrictions if the county proves that cases are under a certain level.

If Jeffco loses its variance, some businesses would be forced to scale back their services, and others may have to close.

The current variance allows more lenient capacity limits for group gatherings, event centers, places of worship, malls, brewpubs, distilleries and other venues.

Between July 5 and July 18, 486 cases were confirmed in the county, and the state warned Jeffco officials that they were at risk of losing the variance.

Over the past two weeks, more than 4,900 new coronavirus cases have been reported in Colorado.

As of Wednesday, 53,901 people have been infected with the coronavirus in our state among 645,170 people who have been tested since the outbreak began, health officials confirmed. Around 6,784 people have been hospitalized, and the death toll has reached 1,800.