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Summit County sets 10 p.m. curfew, moves backward in reopening process

Beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, Summit County will move to Safer-at-Home Level Orange, formerly called Level 3.

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — Summit County Commissioner Elisabeth Lawrence announced Wednesday on Facebook that the state will move Summit County backward in the reopening process, adding restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

On Oct. 29, officials with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment gave Summit County one week to show a plateau or decline in both the incidence and positivity rates by Wednesday, Nov. 4, to avoid moving backward.

At the time, the county was reporting a two-week incidence rate of 539 new cases per 100,000 people and a positivity rate — the percentage of tests that return positive — of 10.8%, according to the state’s dial dashboard. One week later, both stats have risen, with the incidence rate at 794 cases per 100,000 people and the positivity rate at 14.3%.

“As those numbers continued to rise, we knew most likely the state was going to put us into a different level,” Lawrence said in a live Facebook video Wednesday night.

Video below: Summit County officials hold a town hall following the initiation of the 10 p.m. curfew:

Continue reading at SummitDaily.com

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