CDPHE confirms 4 additional new presumptive positive cases in Colorado
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DENVER, March 12, 2020: The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) confirmed 4 new presumptive positive cases in Colorado, based on afternoon test results. All the cases were in Eagle County. CDPHE announced 11 presumptive positive cases earlier today. That brings the total number of presumptive positive cases to date to 49, which includes one indeterminate case that public health is treating as a presumptive positive. The state lab has completed test results on more than 400 people in Colorado since testing started on February 28.
Case 1:
Gender: Male
Age: 20s
County: Eagle
Exposure: Under investigation
Case 2:
Gender: Female
Age: 30s
County: Eagle
Exposure: Under investigation
Case 3:
Gender: Male
Age: 80s
County: Eagle
Exposure: Under investigation
Case 4:
Gender: Female
Age: 30
County: Eagle
Exposure: Under investigation
Note to media: Beginning today, we will release updated case numbers twice daily: in the early afternoon and evening. If there is a significant event other than updated numbers, we will send out additional releases.
To ensure expedience on reporting presumptive positive cases, the state will provide overall testing statistics as soon as we are able on the website.
Continue to stay up to date by visiting colorado.gov/cdphe/2019-novel-coronavirus.
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