After workplace outbreaks and positive COVID-19 cases tied to parties, Ouray County health officials are pleading with people to wear masks, stay home if they feel sick, wash hands and keep their distance from others to try to slow the spread of the virus.

Ridgway Secondary School quarantined 42 students – almost half the student population – after a Halloween party, after which one student tested positive and possibly exposed others at the social event and a sports practice.

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