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Mineral County ranked as No. 1 coronavirus hot spot in Colorado

Mineral County is reporting 51.3 new daily coronavirus cases per 100,000 people, making it the highest risk area in Colorado for the spread of the virus, according to a new online map detailing COVID-19 risks nationwide.

The Harvard Global Health Institute, the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Rockefeller Foundation and other organizations have put together an online tool that lists COVID-19 risk levels in counties nationwide. The red risk level means more than 25 new cases per 100,000 people are occurring daily, according to the analysis.

Three counties in Colorado are currently labeled red, the data shows. They are Mineral, Jackson and Chaffee.

The orange designation indicates 10 to 24 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people; yellow, one to nine cases per 100,000; and green, less than one case per 100,000.

The online tool aims to provide guidance to local communities and policymakers on appropriate guidance on suppressing the virus in clear terms. Red counties need to institute stay-at-home orders; orange counties should opt for testing and tracing, as well as stay-at-home orders; yellow counties should institute testing and tracing; and green counties need to look to only viral testing and tracing, the analysis says.

Counties With Highest COVID-19 Risks in Each State

State County With Highest Covid Risk Level Daily New Cases per 100,000 People # of Counties With ‘Red’ Risk Levels
Alabama Jackson 45.1 34
Alaska Fairbanks North Star Borough 11.7 0
Arizona Yuma 64.8 12
Arkansas Hot Spring 288.9 12
California Imperial 62.1 13
Colorado Mineral 51.3 3
Connecticut Hartford 2.6 0
Delaware Sussex 11.6 0
District of Columbia 7.4 0
Florida Miami-Dade 91.7 48
Georgia Coffee 103.3 62
Hawaii Honolulu 2.6 0
Idaho Owyhee 43.5 6
Illinois Clark 24.1 0
Indiana Marshall 23.2 0
Iowa Webster 63.3 6
Kansas Phillips 63.2 8
Kentucky Carroll 57.8 4
Louisiana Cameron Parish 86.0 47
Maine Cumberland 3.9 0
Maryland Baltimore City 14.2 0
Massachusetts Dukes 5.8 0
Michigan Oceana 31.8 1
Minnesota Watonwan 61.6 4
Mississippi Grenada 83.3 39
Missouri McDonald 59.4 2
Montana Big Horn 29.0 1
Nebraska Thurston 100.9 2
Nevada Clark 29.0 2
New Hampshire Hillsborough 2.9 0
New Jersey Camden 6.0 0
New Mexico Hidalgo 44.2 2
New York Onondaga 5.4 0
North Carolina Tyrrell 131.6 10
North Dakota Cavalier 41.8 6
Ohio Athens 24.3 0
Oklahoma Ottawa 30.7 2
Oregon Malheur 78.0 3
Pennsylvania Allegheny 16.5 0
Rhode Island Bristol 0.0 0
South Carolina Charleston 66.0 27
South Dakota Buffalo 72.8 3
Tennessee Macon 80.1 12
Texas Scurry 224.1 101
Utah San Juan 58.8 3
Vermont Grand Isle 5.9 0
Virginia Westmoreland 53.1 6
Washington Franklin 75.3 8
West Virginia Monongalia 40.0 1
Wisconsin Pepin 27.4 2
Wyoming Uinta 12.7 0

Source: Harvard Global Health Institute

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