6/14/2021 Crowley/Otero COVID-19 Update #1: Both Counties in Green Level; Crowley Vaccination Rate

Description: 6/14/2021 Crowley/Otero COVID-19 Update #1: Both Counties in Green Level; Crowley Vaccination Rate


Published: 06/14/2021
Byline: Hart

THIS IS A RAPIDLY EVOLVING AND FLUID SITUATION.  INFORMATION AND ACTION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME.  BE PREPARED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND PATIENT.

The situations, numbers, website links, data, and etc. described below were current as of Monday 6/14/2021 at 11:10 a.m.

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6/14/2021 Crowley/Otero COVID-19 Update #1:  Both Counties in Green Level; Crowley Vaccination Rate

Please take the time to read and understand this entire message.

Internet links:  Before I send out each update, I check the links to make sure they are active.  However, links do change from time to time, so the links I sent out today may not be the same tomorrow.  You may have to search around a bit.

Please find this week’s COVID-19 updates below.

  1. Both Counties in Green Level:  Both Crowley and Otero County are in Green Level!  For the data period of 6/6/2021-6/12/2021, Crowley has a current rate of 16.6/100,000 population and Otero has a current rate of 21.9/100,000 population.  Based upon the most current data available through 6/12/2021, Crowley has been in Green Level the last 5 consecutive days and Otero has been in Green Level the last 4 consecutive days.  Here are the data ranges:

ü  One Week Cumulative Incidence Rate (per 100,000) Ranges

§ Green Level:  0-35

§ Blue Level:  36-100

§ Yellow Level:  101-300

§ Orange Level:  301-500

ü  COVID-19 Dashboard:  COVID-19 dial dashboard | Colorado COVID-19 Updates

  1. Crowley County Vaccination Rate:  Because of a sizeable prison population in Crowley County, the vaccination rates that you see published for Crowley County are artificially lower.  The reason for this is that the calculation the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) uses to determine the vaccination rate includes the prison population in the overall Crowley County population.  Because this increases the denominator of the fraction used in the calculation, the resulting rate (or the quotient) is decreased.  The CDPHE vaccination website Vaccine data | Colorado COVID-19 Updates on Monday, 6/14/2021 at approximately 11:10 am reported that the Crowley County doses administered per 100,000 people (vaccination rate) was 34,323.5.  Once again, the calculation used to generate this rate includes the prison population. 

When I calculate the rate, excluding the prison population in the denominator of the fraction, the resulting rate is 55,604.5 as of the time stamp noted above. 

Richard Ritter, Executive Director

Otero County Health Department

13 West 3rd Street, Room 111

La Junta, Colorado 81050

719-383-3045 (Office)

719-383-3060 (Fax)

rritter@oterogov.org



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