These 21 counties saw a rise in COVID-19 this week – FOX 31 Denver

DENVER (KDVR) COVID-19 rates continue to decline in Colorado as the state moves into theendemic phase.

The state continues to see a decline in COVID-19rates. This week, 21 counties saw an increase in positivity.

As of Monday, the states seven-day positivity rate was 3.11%, which is down from4.01% seven days ago. Positivity rate measures the amount of COVID positive tests to the total amount of tests taken.

Over the last week, 38 counties saw a decrease in COVID-19 positivity, 21 counties saw a rise, two counties stayed the same, and three counties administered fewer than 10 tests.

According to theColorado Department of Public Health and Environment, incidence rates also dropped over the last week.

Heres a look atpositivity rates for every county over the last seven days:

According toJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the percent positive is exactly what it sounds like: the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, or: (positive tests)/(total tests) x 100%. The percent positive (sometimes called the percent positive rate or positivity rate) helps public health officials answer questions suchas:

The percent positive will be high if the number ofpositive testsis too high, or if the number oftotal testsis too low. A higher percent positive suggests higher transmission and that there are likely more people with coronavirus in the community who havent been tested yet, Johns Hopkins shared.

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