Tag: COVID-19 Update

County public health may lose state grant funding

The Rio Blanco County Board of Health — the three commissioners, the public health director and the public health nurse — convened Tuesday in Rangely.  Public Health Director Makayla Sheridan said the department is ready to submit its Community Health Assessment and Public Health Improvement Plan to the state. The[Read More…]

Rio Blanco County covid update

RBC I Please visit https://rbc.us/606/COVID-19-Updates for the most current COVID data and trends available for RBC. Total Cases to Date: 1,788 Meeker Active: 23 Rangely Active: 20 Hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 0 Total Hospitalized: 133 School District Meeker: 4 School District Rangely: 0 Deaths: 12 Please note isolation and[Read More…]

Current covid numbers

RBC I Total Cases to Date: 1,735 Meeker Active: 65 Rangely Active: 32 Hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 7 Total Hospitalized: 133 Meeker School District: 9 Rangely School District: 1 Deaths: 12

COVID update

RBC I According to the Rio Blanco County Department of Public Health, there is continued widespread community transmission of covid-19 with an overall decrease in incidence rate. The omicron variant is considered dominant with an anticipated peak by late February.  Total Cases to Date: 1,669 Meeker Active: 59 Rangely Active:[Read More…]

COVID-19 Update: Jan. 11

RBC |  Total Cases to Date: 1,489 Meeker Active: 58 Rangely Active: 29 Hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 2 Total Hospitalized: 124 (8.3% of total reported cases — statewide rate is 5%) Total Deaths: 12 Approximate percent of eligible population vaccinated with at least one dose (now 5 and[Read More…]

Rio Blanco County COVID update

Please visit https://rbc.us/606/COVID-19-Updates for the most current COVID data and trends available for RBC. case counts Total Cases to Date: 1,397 Meeker Active: 12 Rangely Active: 16 New hospitalizations in the last 14 days: 2 Total Hospitalized: 123 School District Meeker: 1 School District Rangely: 1 TOTAL Deaths: 12 Updated[Read More…]

COVID-19 Update: Oct. 25, 2021

RBC I COVID-19 case counts continue to rise, with 30 new Meeker cases and 29 new cases in Rangely reported between Oct. 18 and Oct. 25. The county’s public health data page (https://rbc.us/606/COVID-19-Updates) is showing five new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the last 14 days and 26 cases in the school[Read More…]

COVID-19 Update: Sept. 30, 2021

Special to the Herald Times RBC I Total Cases to Date: 895 Meeker Active: 17 Rangely Active: 18 Current Hospitalized RBC: 1 Total Hospitalized: 69 School District Meeker: 2 School District Rangely: 4 Deaths: 6 The COVID-19 vaccine is available to the general public (ages 12+) in Rio Blanco County[Read More…]

28 new COVID cases, 2 hospitalizations

MEEKER I For the week of Sept. 6-14, there were 28 new reported cases of COVID-19 with two new hospital admissions. Multiple outbreaks and community transmission have been reported.  Of the 42.4% of the eligible population vaccinated with at least one dose (2,308 individuals) there have been a total of[Read More…]