The number of cases also improved, though not by a large amount. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 4,303 new infections in the week ending Sunday, down from 4,619 the previous week. An average of 5.6% of tests came back positive over the last seven days, however, which was slightly higher than the 5.1% average a week earlier.
The number of outbreaks dropped to 214 on Wednesday, from 250 a week earlier. Schools aren’t included in the public data this year. Wastewater sampling shows a roughly stable amount of virus circulation statewide, suggesting there’s no imminent danger of a spike, said Dr. Jon Samet, dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. As of Wednesday, four utilities showed increases in virus concentrations, 20 showed decreases and 27 had no significant change.
“All in all, considering we’ve gotten to the start of school, we’re doing OK,” he said. “That said, the pandemic is not over.” President Joe Biden sparked a new round of discussion about what it means for the virus to become endemic when he said in a “60 Minutes” interview aired Sunday that
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Old man Joe said it was on national TV. He said the pandemic is over so there you have it folks.