Chaffee County Public Health is reporting 80 new Covid-19 cases in the last 7 days, 153 in the last 14 days, for a 2-week positivity rate of 6.62%.

Colorado will be getting a little over 46,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the state’s first order, and according to Governor Jared Polis, another batch of 96,000 vaccines will be coming shortly after that.

Governor Jared Polis has extended the state’s mask mandate for another 30 days as Covid-19 numbers continue to increase.   

Chaffee County Public Health Department is reporting 77 new Covid-19 cases in the county in the last 7 days, 137 in the last 14 days, for a 2-week positivity rate of 5.26%.

Chaffee County Public Health continues to offer free Covid-19 testing in Salida and Buena Vista.

While a vaccine is on the horizon, Chaffee County Public Health says that it is important to know that there will be three phases of distribution for different populations.   

A county in Colorado will require visitors to sign an online affidavit that states they had a negative coronavirus test at least three days prior to arrival or, once arriving, that they will quarantine until they test negative.

The City of Salida has moved to Tier III of their Covid-19 Action Plan.