DENVER — Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations appear to have finally come off their plateau, dropping 14% from the previous week.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 268 people were hospitalized statewide for COVID-19, down from 313 a week earlier. Hospitalizations had been roughly level since mid-June, bouncing between 300 and 325.
The drop is “substantial,” though one week’s data could be a blip, said Talia Quandelacy, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. Still, new hospital admissions for the virus, cases and the positivity rate have all been trending down, suggesting a change in the trajectory.
