Health Care & Insurance  March 9, 2020

Larimer County woman contracts COVID-19

Northern Colorado has its first presumptive-positive case of COVID-19. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced the finding Monday morning, based on overnight testing.

State health officials described the patient as “a female in her 50s from Larimer County, who has been diagnosed with pneumonia.”

CDPHE and local health officials are working to obtain more information, including determining whether any other individuals had close contact with the patient.

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It’s unclear whether the patient had recently traveled or how she contracted the coronavirus.

The Larimer County woman represents the ninth case of the coronavirus in Colorado. The state is maintaining a website to track coronavirus cases: colorado.gov/cdphe/2019-novel-coronavirus

 

Northern Colorado has its first presumptive-positive case of COVID-19. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced the finding Monday morning, based on overnight testing.

State health officials described the patient as “a female in her 50s from Larimer County, who has been diagnosed with pneumonia.”

CDPHE and local health officials are working to obtain more information, including determining whether any other individuals had close contact with the patient.

It’s unclear whether the patient had recently traveled or how she contracted the coronavirus.

The Larimer County woman represents the ninth case of the…

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Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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