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5 Things You Need To Know - April 10, 2020

Colorado's COVID-19 incident commander says officials believe peak pushed off to May
Fun Easter activities kids can do at home, in the neighborhood
Posted at 6:12 AM, Apr 10, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-10 08:15:48-04

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Colorado's COVID-19 incident commander says officials believe peak pushed off to May

Colorado’s COVID-19 incident commander said Thursday that top public health officials believe that the social and physical distancing measures taken by the state, as well as the statewide stay-at-home order, have pushed the peak of the novel coronavirus here to May and bought more time to get more medical supplies and facilities in place.
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Fun Easter activities kids can do at home, in the neighborhood

Easter Day weekend is here and if you're a parent who's low on supplies and scrambling for activities to keep the kids entertained, we have some ideas for you. These activities are also social-distancing friendly and will keep your kids engaged this weekend.
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Warmer today with isolated showers

We're still in an unsettled pattern, but the weather will stay mostly nice today. We're going to move warm air into the state and a piece of energy will come with it through the afternoon. This will lead to spotty and scattered showers, even a bit of thunder, through the afternoon
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Pueblo County health experts believe positive COVID-19 cases are much higher

As Pueblo County’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 approaches 50, public health officials expect the numbers of Puebloans who have contracted the virus to be much higher.

“I expect COVID-19 is widespread in the community. Based on state modeling we could have as many as ten times that number or close to 500 people who have the virus,” said Randy Evetts, public health director at the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment. Click the link above for more updates across the state.
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We're Open Colorado: BombBomb offers video platform free to educators

BombBomb is giving away its email video platform to educators in an attempt to help them maximize face-to-face communication and interactions with their students. The Colorado Springs-based software company works to provide a video platform that allows users to attach personal recorded messages to emails.
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