About 75 percent of Colorado adults—about 3.4 million people—have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as the number of shots going into arms continues to slowly increase.
Coverage was lower among teens, with 55 percent of those ages 12 to 17 getting at least one shot.
When factoring in teens, about 73 percent of all eligible Coloradans have received their first shot, and about 66 percent of eligible residents are fully vaccinated, ranking Colorado behind 13 states.
Governor Jared Polis said in a press release, “More and more people are getting off the sidelines and protecting themselves. But we need more Coloradans to safeguard their health and the health of their loved ones against this deadly virus, so I urge you to get the safe, effective and FDA approved vaccine.”
As of Monday, 874 people were hospitalized statewide with confirmed Covid-19, according to data from the Colorado Department of Health. The last time this many people were hospitalized with the virus was January when the state was at the tail end of the winter surge, and few people other than health care workers had been vaccinated.
The percentage of tests coming back positive has continued to increase with the spread of the virus’s more contagious delta variant. The state’s positivity rate over the last seven days was 7.46 percent, higher than at any point since early January.
44 of the state’s 64 counties had rates above the state’s 5 percent goal.
