PUEBLO COUNTY — The Pueblo County Health Department announced Tuesday that due to a "sharp increase" in the COVID-19 case rates, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) will move the county to Level Yellow on the state COVID dial.
The move went into effect at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. The county had been in Level Blue since Feb. 6.
Restriction under Level Yellow include but are not limited to:
- Restaurants and seated indoor events in Level Yellow return to 50% capacity or 150 people per room, whichever is less
- Capacity for most businesses, including gyms, offices, non-critical manufacturing, critical and non-critical retail, and both indoor and outdoor events returns to 50% or up to 50 people, whichever is less
- Last Call for alcohol in restaurants is 1:00 a.m.
You can find full details on each level of the state COVID dial here: https://covid19.colorado.gov/covid-19-dial
According to the Health Department, Pueblo County is currently at 177.9 cases per 100,000 people and the county needs to be below 100 to stay in blue.
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Ready for the vaccine? here's how you can sign up in Colorado, with all adults eligible
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As of Friday, April 2, every adult in Colorado will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The expanded access is a milestone for the state's vaccination efforts — by far, the largest group of eligible people to receive the shot.
The state now has mass vaccinations sites in 5 cities, plus mobile vaccinations buses traveling to rural communities in northeastern and southeastern Colorado.
Details on the state mass community vaccination sites.
Adams County - Dick's Sporting Goods Park
- Sunday - Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Register: centura.org/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine-information
- Call: 720-263-5737
- Denver County - Ball Arena
- Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Register: primarybio.com/r/truecare24-cdphe/
- Call: N/A
- El Paso County - Broadmoor World Arena
- Friday - Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Register: centura.org/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine-information
- Call: 720-263-5737
- Mesa County - Grand Junction Convention Center
- Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Register: health.mesacounty.us/covid19/vaccine
- Larimer County - The Ranch Events Complex
- Monday - Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Register: larimerhealth.secure.force.com/Vaccine
- Pueblo County - Colorado State Fairgrounds
- Friday - Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Register: centura.org/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine-information
- Call: 720-263-5737
This page on the state's COVID-19 website has links to each vaccine provider and information on how to sign up.
According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Safeway, Cardinal, and Kroger (City Market and King Soopers) pharmacies are administering COVID-19 vaccines in Colorado through the U.S. Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. Eligible customers can visit vaccinefinder.org to check vaccine availability at each location or schedule a vaccine appointment via each pharmacy’s website:
