Coronavirus Update In Lakewood: 124 New Cases Reported

LAKEWOOD, CO — Over the past two weeks, 124 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Lakewood, according to Jefferson County Public Health data. Since early August, the city has seen a decrease in the number of bi-weekly cases reported.

As of Monday, there have been 1,680 cases in Lakewood since the outbreak began. The rate of infection per 1,000 residents in the city is 10.74, the data shows.

There have been 4,824 cases and 237 deaths in Jefferson County since the outbreak began, health officials confirmed. Around 4,290 people have recovered in Jeffco and 27 people were hospitalized as of Monday.

Number of Jeffco cases in surrounding municipalities:

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Between July 5 and July 18, 486 cases were confirmed in Jefferson County, and the state warned Jeffco officials that they were at risk of losing the variance. But since then, coronavirus case rates have gone down in the county, public health data shows.

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 mid-August.

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.

Over the past week, more than 2,083 new cases have been reported in Colorado. The state has seen a small uptick in cases over the past two weeks.

As of Monday, 57,424 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Colorado among 710,923 people who have been tested since the outbreak began, health officials confirmed. Around 7,028 people have been hospitalized, and the death toll has reached 1,849 after 46 people died over the past week.