Second Chaffee Person, a Columbine Manor Resident Dies of COVID-19
A resident of Columbine Manor Care Center in Salida has become the second person in the county to...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Apr 2, 2020
A resident of Columbine Manor Care Center in Salida has become the second person in the county to...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Apr 1, 2020
“Right now, due to limited supplies of testing kits and personal protective equipment, testing needs to be focused on the people who are the most at-risk from this disease and the people in charge of caring for and keeping the rest of us safe. It’s important to protect the most critical element of the healthcare system.We are working hard to get the supplies and capacity to move to broader public testing, but until then our message remains the same: if you have only mild symptoms, self-isolate and don’t wait for a test.”
Scott Bookman,
CDPHE COVID-19 Incident Commander.
Posted by Daniel Smith | Mar 31, 2020
Local known cases of CODIVD-19 infections have now topped 16, with three more ‘probable,’...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 30, 2020
Chaffee County Public Health Director Andrea Carlstrom has announced the county has its twelfth...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 28, 2020
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (HRRMC) is currently treating one positive COVID-19...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 27, 2020
As Chaffee County and the State of Colorado wrestle with the surge in COVID-19 cases, similar to other counties and states, the shortage of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) supplies is an increasing concern. Local health...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 27, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads in Colorado and elsewhere, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 26, 2020
Chaffee County residents and businesses have a chance to demonstrate the nature of a caring...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 25, 2020
The Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (HRRMC) board meeting on Tuesday March 24 included a 2019 Annual Critical Access Hospital Report review and 2019 final audit report, but the coronavirus (COVID-19) and...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 25, 2020
Andrea Carlstrom, Chaffee County Director of Public Health, confirmed Wednesday that a fourth and fifth person have tested positive for COVID-19 infection. The fourth latest case was identified only as a 72-year-old male, who...
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 25, 2020
Chaffee County is experiencing shortages of medical personal protective equipment (PPE), as with other areas of the country, and today announced local donation drives in the next week to try to help alleviate the situation....
Read MorePosted by Daniel Smith | Mar 23, 2020
The first large-scale testing of residents for the COVID-19 virus was conducted Saturday March 21...
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