Small COVID outbreaks followed big summer events in Colorado: All-Star Game, Greeley Stampede, Red Rocks concert

The fig of COVID-19 cases linked to the MLB All-Star Game successful Denver doubled compared to past week, but less than 1 successful a 1000 attendees reported an infection.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s play outbreak study counted 30 cases among radical who attended the festivities surrounding the July 13 crippled astatine Coors Field. More than 49,000 radical attended the crippled itself, and an chartless fig visited areas acceptable speech for fans downtown. The erstwhile week’s information included 14 cases.

The Colorado Rockies besides archetypal reported an outbreak to nationalist wellness officials 3 days aft the game, but it’s not wide if those 8 cases are linked to the All-Star festivities.

The authorities doesn’t study accusation astir whether infected radical were vaccinated, however superior immoderate symptoms they person are, oregon what areas they visited. It defines an outbreak arsenic 5 oregon much cases linked to the aforesaid determination oregon event. High-risk settings similar nursing homes inactive person to state an outbreak aft lone 2 cases.

The All-Star Game fits a processing signifier of comparatively humble outbreaks pursuing ample gatherings successful Colorado this summer.

The authorities wellness section connected 23 cases to Country Jam, held successful Mesa County implicit the Independence Day weekend. The Greeley Stampede, held successful precocious June and aboriginal July, has been linked to 25 cases, and 14 radical whitethorn person been infected astatine The String Cheese Incident’s concerts astatine Red Rocks Amphitheatre betwixt July 16 and 18.

Though thousands of radical attended those events, they aren’t among the state’s largest outbreaks. The 7 largest outbreaks inactive considered progressive successful Colorado each started successful the 2nd fractional of 2020, and see clusters astatine universities and jails.

When comparing outbreaks that started this summer, the All-Star Game comes successful fifth, down a Colorado Springs nursing home, which has 64 cases; the Mesa County jail, which has 39; and younker camps successful Larimer and Park counties, which each person 33.