Chaffee County now has 227 positive cases of COVID-19. Here’s how the numbers break down.

TOTAL CHAFFEE COUNTY POSITIVES: 227

• Deaths among cases (includes probable): 19
• Deaths due to COVID-19: 14
• Positive Community Cases (does not includes Columbine and DOC): 34
• 1 new cases since Monday: Male, 71 years old, Buena Vista resident, symptomatic and recovering at home

• Positive Columbine Cases: 56
  • Columbine Resident Cases: 44
  • Columbine Staff Cases: 12
• Positive DOC Cases: 137
  • DOC Inmate Cases: 132
  • DOC Staff Cases: 5
  • 2 new Chaffee County DOC staff since Monday

Out-of-County Cases: 15 (Not included in our final numbers. These cases include people who were tested in Chaffee County but do not have physical addresses in Chaffee County. They could be tourists who were tested here or live in a neighboring county but live/work in Chaffee.)

As of 7/23/2020, HRRMC had no COVID-19 positive nor PUIs hospitalized and was running at 68% capacity, or 17 inpatients. As of Thursday, 7/23, HRRMC has performed 1,496 total tests. 49 have been positive, 1,411 negative, and 36 pending. From that total, 92 employees have been tested, with 90 negative results, and 2 positive results.

HRRMC received a second positive result for an employee last week. This was a non-work related, off-site exposure. This employee was not at any HRRMC facility and was quarantined at home for the potentially infectious period prior to testing positive. HRRMC staff were made aware of the positive case. After careful internal assessment, HRRMC determined there was no risk of exposure to patients and staff.

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Danny “Dan R” Ridenour has been in radio and television broadcasting for over 40 years, starting as a senior in high school in Rogers, Arkansas. His radio career has had stops in Nashville, Memphis, Oklahoma, and eventually, Colorado. Dan enjoys being involved in the community, having been a member of the Upper Arkansas Service Club and is currently on the board of directors for the Salida Community Center and is a member of the Chaffee County Fair Committee. He and his wife Carrie spend their days doing everything the mountains have to offer: hiking, camping, fishing and skiing. They've raised 3 children and have 2 grandchildren.

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