Although incidence is decreasing and many cases are mild, there are still people in the San Luis Valley experiencing severe illness, and hospitalization.
Transmission of the virus in January was so widespread that halfway back down the slope they are now averaging roughly the same number of new cases as we had at the peak of the Delta wave in the fall. There have been 307 new cases reported in the past week in the SLV, an average of 44 new cases per day. Hospital capacity in Colorado is still somewhat challenged but continues to improve.
Valley-Wide Health Systems and Rio Grande County will be offering vaccines for students and adults on Mondays in February from 10am to 3:30pm at Cliff Corner at Hwy 160 and County Road 14 in Del Norte.
Mobile vaccine bus clinics offer both flu and COVID-19 vaccines to anyone age 5 and up. Upcoming mobile vaccine clinics are scheduled as follows:
- Wednesday February 9th, 10am-5pm at Sanford School
- Friday February 11th, 9am-6pm at Del Norte School
- Saturday February 12th, 8am-4pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Alamosa
- Sunday February 13th, 10am-6pm at Centennial High School in San Luis
- Monday February 14th, 1pm-7pm at Blanca/Fort Garland Community Center
- Tuesday February 15th, 9am-3pm at St Joseph’s Parish in Capulin
- Wednesday February 16th, 10am-6pm at Center Schools
- Friday February 18th, 8am-5pm at Heart of Saguache/Lazy KV, 210 5th St in Saguache
- Saturday February 19th, 10am-6pm at Chapman Park in Monte Vista
See www.slvphp.com or call 719-480-8719 for more information about local COVID-19 data, vaccinations, and testing.
