COVID-19 Updates November 8-14, 2021

More than 760,000 people in Colorado have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 43,000 were hospitalized on Monday, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Click here for the latest update on the number of cases, age, sex and location of presumptive positive, undetermined, and confirmed cases from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Below we update this blog with the latest information regarding COVID-19 in Colorado.

Latest updates:

Monday, November 8

8:31 pm | Denver recreation centers return to pre-COVID-19 hours

All Denver recreation centers have returned to pre-COVID-19 hours of operation, and individual annual memberships will be reduced by an average of 45% to celebrate.

Individual annual memberships can be purchased in person and in line. Several discounts are also available, including for Denver students, residents over 60, and all residents of ZIP code 80216.

Registration for winter leisure activities also opens Tuesday from noon.

5:21 pm | Polis calls children who participated in COVID-19 vaccine trial ‘heroes’

More than 11,000 Colorado children received their first dose of Pfizer vaccine after the CDC approved the vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 last week.

At a press conference Monday, Gov. Jared Polis thanked Colorado children who participated in the nation’s largest trial site at Colorado Children’s Hospital, with 252 children participating over the summer . Dr Eric Simoes, the lead investigator of the Pfizer trial at Children’s Hospital of Colorado, said about a third of the children were given a placebo and these children are now also on the verge of being completely. vaccinated. A total of 5,000 children had applied to participate, Simoes said.

“As the principal investigator of this site, and one of the largest sites in the world, I believe in the science and integrity of the trial and this vaccine,” Simoes said.

The vaccine is nearly 91% effective at preventing infections in children, and 99% of children who participated in the trial exhibited protective antibody responses, Simoes said.

One of the trial participants in fourth grade said she felt lucky to have taken part in the trial to help protect children, especially her little brother who cannot get the vaccine.

“I’m glad I took part in the trial because now other children can get the vaccine as well. I think children should do this to protect those they love and stay healthy, as well as to keep our schools open, ”she said.

Read the full story here.

5 p.m. Latest coronavirus figures

Here are the latest coronavirus numbers for Colorado – a reminder that today’s state data is an aggregate for the weekend as well as Monday.

768,646 dogs (+8,193)
43 687 hospitalized (+178)
64 departments (+0)
3,971,832 people tested (+23,034)
12,401,858 test matches (+109,764)
8,499 deaths among cases (+92)
8,719 deaths due to COVID-19 (+66)
6,566 households (+7)

The latest hospital data showed 1,484 beds being used by patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. Colorado’s seven-day average positivity rate was 9.49%. The state’s objective is to stay below 5%.

As of Monday, 3,914,014 people received at least one dose of the vaccine in Colorado and 3,583,793 people were fully immunized.

Click here for the COVID-19 Live Blog November 1-7, 2021.