The number of hospitalizations continued to increase, reaching 1,101 people with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 on Monday afternoon.
If that continues, and cases and hospitalizations also decrease, that could be a sign the worst is over, Quandelacy said.
As of Monday, Colorado had the 11th-highest rate of cases compared to population in the country, according to The New York Times’ COVID-19 data tracker.It also had the third-highest increase in cases, with the rate rising 30% in the last two weeks.