Health

The fatality metric rose while others fell.

Other COVID metrics are on the rise, too.

Counts for cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all up.

The state ties the changes to shifting priorities.

Decades of county public-health cooperation were upended by COVID politics.

Metro Denver is among the highest areas of concern.

Nine camps are under active investigation for COVID outbreaks.

One grocery store is on its fourth outbreak.

The wild cards are four Omicron subvariants.

The numbers are at levels not seen in months.

Greater Denver has high levels of COVID-19.

Most metrics are at levels not seen for months.

Some of the numbers are the highest in months.

Some outbreaks recall the pandemic’s most tragic period.

The problems are biggest in urban areas.

Multiple authors have tested positive for the disease.

The majority of metrics are on the rise.

The outbreak rules have shifted several times.

Cases and hospitalizations continue their steady rise.

The Omicron 3 subvariant’s percentage has risen.

The subvariant is driving case and hospitalization upticks.

The variant has become more prominent of late.