From Tuesday, April 26, to Tuesday, May 10, El Paso County has experienced 1,104 COVID-19 cases, 22 hospitalizations and one death. That’s a vast improvement over the statistics for Jan. 14, 2022, the peak of infections so far this year.
According to the El Paso County Public Health Department, that one day saw 2,369 cases, 26 hospitalizations and seven deaths.
People aged 60 to 69 lead all other age groups in hospitalizations, with 1,509, since the pandemic reached the area in early March 2020. Peopled aged 70 to 79 are close behind with 1,319.
The 80- to 89-year-old group leads all others with 462 deaths since March 1, 2020.
El Paso County, with 1,688 total deaths, ties for third among deaths in the state’s most populous counties. Pueblo County has 475 deaths per 100,000 people, Adams County has 251 per 100,000 and El Paso and Jefferson counties have 232 per 100,000.
The health department’s website states that 1,130,103 total doses of vaccine have been administered to El Paso County residents. That’s an increase of 4,073 since May 1.
Vaccination rates as of May 8 break down to:
• People vaccinated — 492,240 (71.8 percent of residents aged 5 or older);
• Fully vaccinated — 443,636 fully vaccinated (64.7 percent of eligible people); and
• Received boosters — 18,394 (27.2 percent of eligible people).
Information: www.elpasocountyhealth.org.