Third COVID-19 wave in Denver Tightens Up Restrictions As Well
On Tuesday November 17, Governor Jared Polis and Mayor Hancock announced new restrictions in Denver county. The third wave of COVID-19 has resulted in Level Red restrictions and a return to the safer-at-home phase.
Level Purple is the next level above Red. Gov. Polis said that would not be enforced unless hospitals start to overflow. The Department of Public Health and Environment recorded 30,843 cases of COVID-19 as of last week.
The Denver Post reports by Friday these restrictions will be in place. The temporary restrictions will ban inside dinning, but take-out and delivery options are still available. For Denver restaurants and bars, last call was at 10:00 p.m. for most of the summer. As of Tuesday 17, last call has a been set to 8:00 pm. Gyms are restricted to lesson their capacity by 10 percent, though the city is not entering a full blown stay-at-home order again at this time.
“We’re celebrating the good news of a vaccine … but we aren’t there yet. We have to buckle down and do what we need to do so ultimately, once again, in very short order, we’ll be able to do what we want to.” Hancock says to Denverite.com. The state has pushed back the stay-at-home order, claiming that “13 counties including Denver have stricter COVID-19 restrictions in place starting Friday.’
According to The Denver Post, “the state health department had released the list of counties moving to Level Red on Friday. They are: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson, La Plata, Logan, Mesa, Morgan, Routt, Summit and Washington.”
Just before this past Halloween Mayor Hannock declared public social gatherings be lessoned from 10 to five people. Since then reported, “COVID-19 cases in Denver reached 29,229, and deaths have reached 491” according to the Denver COVID-19 summary released recently.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment tweeted:
