RBC | Rio Blanco County is one of three Colorado counties, along with Mesa and Gilpin, to receive the governor’s approval to move into “Protect Our Neighbor” status for COVID-19 response.
RBC had to meet certain qualifications, or metrics, in order to achieve the new status, including: sufficient hospital bed capacity, sufficient PPE supply, table or declining COVID-19 hospitalizations, fewer new cases, sufficient testing capacity, ability to implement case investigation and contact tracing protocol, documented surge-capacity…