Here are the numbers in major categories, as updated by the CDPHE on the evening of November 29; they're juxtaposed with figures from our November 22 roundup.
228,772 cases (up 30,172 from November 22)Four major takeaways:
13,428 hospitalized (up 944 from November 22)
64 counties (unchanged from November 22)
3,003 deaths among cases (up 197 from November 22)
2,521 deaths due to COVID-19 (up 166 from November 22)
2,136 outbreaks (up 228 from November 22)
• The increase in cases is down from the 35,183 bump during the week of November 22.
• So, too, is the pace in hospitalizations, which rose by 1,360 from November 15 to November 22.
• Deaths among cases also slipped from 260 on November 22 to the current 197. But deaths caused directly by COVID-19 are up, going from 121 on November 22 to 166 on November 29.
• The outbreaks upswing of 228 is lower than the 258 recorded from November 15 to November 22. The reason, however, could turn out to be a reporting lag caused by Thanksgiving.
Colorado's seven-day average positivity rate, defined by the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins as "the percentage of all coronavirus tests performed that are actually positive, or: (positive tests)/(total tests) x 100 percent," also slid, from 12.01 percent on November 22 to 11.02 percent on November 29. Too bad there are indications that the figures are heading in the wrong direction: The rate as of November 29 was 12.83 percent, representing a day-over-day surge of 2.38 percent. Moreover, the previous week's outpatient syndromic COVID-19 visits stand at 20.85 percent, a notch higher than the 20.07 percent recorded a week earlier.
Daily case reports over the previous ten days range from the mid-3,000s to the mid-5,000s, just as they did during the ten-day span prior to November 22 (not including the November 12 spike of 6,583):
November 28 — 3,423Unfortunately, the modest improvements represented by case data aren't matched by total hospitalizations — a lagging statistic, the CDPHE stresses. The peak of COVID-19 patient hospitalizations in numbers released November 22 was just over 1,700; now they top out at around 1,850. Yet new admissions are slightly lower; the seven-day average on November 29 stood at 225, compared to 238 on November 22.
November 27 — 4,177
November 26 — 3,940
November 25 — 5,554
November 24 — 3,608
November 23 — 3,614
November 22 — 3,888
November 21 — 3,927
November 20 — 5,615
November 19 — 5,674
Here are those stats over the past ten days:
Patients Currently Hospitalized for COVID-19That the numbers have plateaued is certainly better than if they'd gotten worse. But significant spikes occurred after both the Fourth of July and Labor Day holidays — and Thanksgiving traditionally involves much more travel and inter-generational mingling. We should know more about the potential repercussions of these differences over the next week or two.
November 29, 2020
1,847 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,749 (95 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
98 (5 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 28, 2020
1,852 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,725 (93 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
127 (7 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 27, 2020
1,797 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,682 (94 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
115 (6 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 26, 2020
1,777 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,665 (94 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
112 (6 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 25, 2020
1,794 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,652 (92 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
142 (8 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 24, 2020
1,739 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,613 (93 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
126 (7 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 23, 2020
1,711 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,597 (93 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
114 (7 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 22, 2020
1,670 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,539 (92 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
131 (8 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 21, 2020
1,703 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,563 (92 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
140 (8 percent) Persons Under Investigation
November 20, 2020
1,723 Total COVID Patients (Confirmed & Suspected/PUI)
1,564 (91 percent) Confirmed COVID-19
159 (9 percent) Persons Under Investigation
New Hospital Admissions by Admission Date
November 29, 2020
216 patients admitted to the hospital
225 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 28, 2020
240 patients admitted to the hospital
220 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 27, 2020
192 patients admitted to the hospital
218 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 26, 2020
167 patients admitted to the hospital
236 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 25, 2020
241 patients admitted to the hospital
254 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 24, 2020
258 patients admitted to the hospital
258 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 23, 2020
259 patients admitted to the hospital
262 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 22, 2020
184 patients admitted to the hospital
256 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 21, 2020
227 patients admitted to the hospital
265 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
November 20, 2020
316 patients admitted to the hospital
266 seven-day average of patients admitted to the hospital
By which time we'll be right on the cusp of Christmas.