The COVID-19 incidence rate in Pitkin County is the highest in Colorado. Public health experts suspect variants, visitorship and pandemic fatigue are driving the surge. Alex Hager/Aspen Public Radio
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Pitkin County has the highest virus rate in the state, again. Here are the three most likely causes
By Alex Hager, Aspen Public Radio
Pitkin County’s COVID-19 incidence rate is the highest in Colorado by a wide margin. As a result, businesses are operating under “orange” level restrictions – a more stringent set of rules than anywhere else in the state.
Even among similar destination resort communities, Pitkin County’s rate is remarkably high. Its two-week incidence rate per 100,000 residents is nearly double the same data point in Summit and Eagle Counties.
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