February 28, 2021
MESA COUNTY CASE SUMMARY
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Cases | Case Counts By Gender | ||||||
Positive i | 13,321 | Gender | Most recent 14 days | Cumulative | |||
Change from yesterday | 51 | Female | 223 | 52.10% | 7114 | 53.40% | |
Hospitalized ii | 16 | Male | 205 | 47.90% | 6207 | 46.60% | |
Recovered iii | 13,010 | Total | 428 | 13321 | |||
Deaths due to COVIDv | 118 | ||||||
Total deaths in COVID cases | 148 | Case Counts By Age Group | |||||
Age Range | Most recent 14 days | Cumulative | |||||
Testing Summary | 0-9 | 29 | 6.78% | 495 | 3.72% | ||
Total tests | 184,726 | 10-19 | 66 | 15.42% | 1619 | 12.15% | |
Total % positive* | 6.22% | 20-29 | 100 | 23.36% | 2811 | 21.1% | |
2-week % positive* | 2.3% | 30-39 | 65 | 15.19% | 1994 | 14.97% | |
40-49 | 45 | 10.51% | 1748 | 13.12% | |||
Today's Deaths due to COVID | 50-59 | 47 | 10.98% | 1669 | 12.53% | ||
Female in her 70's | 1 | 60-69 | 52 | 12.15% | 1481 | 11.12% | |
70-79 | 13 | 3.04% | 864 | 6.49% | |||
80+ | 11 | 2.57% | 625 | 4.69% | |||
Unknown | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.11% | |||
428 | 13321 | ||||||
* Based on diagnostic testing for COVID-19 reported electronically by labs to the Colorado Electronic Disease Reporting System (CEDRS). Only accounts for lab-confirmed cases, meaning a COVID test was performed.
The two-week estimate calculates on a rolling 14-day calendar (so the percent reported today is for the most recently completed 14 days).
Case Counts by Category of Exposure | ||
Most recent 14 days | Cumulative | |
Cases in a congregate setting (shelter, jail, nursing home, etc.) | 1.29% | 4.17% |
Cases through close contact with a family member | 32.65% | 26.21% |
Cases in an institutional facility (school, child care, etc.) | 1.8% | 1.14% |
Cases in individuals who attended a private gathering (party, bbq, etc.) | 4.11% | 5.8% |
Cases in individuals who attended a public gathering (protest, indoor/outdoor event, church, etc.) | 0.26% | 0.66% |
Cases in individuals who visited a local business | - | 0.02% |
Cases through close contact in the place of employment | 6.68% | 6.58% |
Cases in people who traveled outside of Mesa County | 1.29% | 3.22% |
Cases where the source of exposure is unknown | 51.67% | 47.84% |
Cases under investigation | 0.26% | 4.37% |
i Cases include people who had a positive lab test and people who public health officials have determined were likely to have COVID-19 because of their symptoms and their close contact with someone who tested positive and the percent of the total tests conducted. ii Currently hospitalized patients from Mesa County. iii No longer infectious based on at least 14 days have passed since the date of symptom onset, excludes people currently hospitalized for COVID-19. iv Positive results from individuals who did not report feeling sick at the time of testing. v. Total deaths in COVID-19 cases includes deaths due to COVID-19, these numbers should not be added together. |
COLORADO CASE SUMMARY (as of 02.27.21) | |
Colorado positive cases: 428,303 Colorado hospitalized: 23,476 Colorado people tested: 2,577,355 Colorado deaths among cases: 5,951vi Colorado deaths due to COVID-19: 5,874vii vi The number of deaths among people with COVID-19. This represents the total number of deaths reported among people who have COVID-19, but COVID-19 may not have been the cause of death listed on the death certificate. vii The number of deaths among people who died from COVID-19. | |
