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RBC COVID-19 cases spike as state vaccination plans change


RBC | Both Meeker and Rangely are seeing spikes in positive COVID-19 cases, and an increase in the number of residents requiring hospitalization. As of Monday, six local residents, ranging in age from their 50s to 80s, were being treated at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker.

81% of ICU beds in the Northwest region are currently in use. There have been no more than two new hospitalizations per day of Rio Blanco County residents in…