4/29/20 Update
If you are symptomatic, but otherwise ok, please self-isolate and self-report at www.gunnisoncounty.org/covid19
If you are symptomatic and worsening, please call the call center. 970-641-7660
We ask that you not show up to the screening site until you call first.
If it is an emergency, never hesitate to call 911.
Primary Information Sources
www.gunnisoncounty.org/covid19
Gunnison Health and Human Services Facebook page
Please self-report if you have any symptoms or have overcome your symptoms.
Gunnison County Pay It Forward Program
Gunnison County, in partnership with Region 10, has established its “Pay It Forward” COVID-19 Business Emergency Loan Fund to help assist businesses located in Gunnison County that have been impacted by the COVID-19 virus. Approved loan applications submitted by businesses and non-profits will be eligible to receive one-time loans of up to $7,500. The application process will open April 30, 2020.
The Pay It Forward loan program was created and funded by Gunnison County with an initial investment of $250,000, and loans will be managed by Region 10. To inquire about applying for a loan, please contact dan@region10.net. More information will be released tomorrow on the Region 10 website and on the Health and Human Services Facebook page.
Stay Vigilant
We have done an incredible job as a community in fighting back this disease. Please help your family, neighbor and coworker be COVID Safe as we continue to lighten Public Health Restrictions. Our success is totally dependent on our actions as a community! Thank you for continuing with the hardwork and sacrifice.
New Self-Reported Symptoms Map (Click the image for a larger version)
In the Media
The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East Coast and West Coast emerged at approximately the same time. Learn how the danger was communicated very differently in a feature story this week from The New Yorker.
State vs Gunnison County Positive Tests
There was a massive surge in numbers reported by the state in Gunnison County to 158 over the weekend. Our local numbers show 106. The reason for this is a recent shift at the state level to include probable positive cases. Locally, we are reporting confirmed positive cases only. Under the state definition of probable positive, even if a test comes back negative, if there was potential contact with a known positive case, they are counting it as probable positive. This week, we will be adding a “State probable positive” to our data studio so that we can better reflect how our numbers differ from the state’s. Many of the additions from the weekend were weeks old tests that were connected to a known positive and added by the state retroactively.
Definitions
Confirmed
Positive:
Case
who has tested positive using a molecular amplification detection
test (such as PCR)
State
Presumed Positive:
Meets
clinical criteria* AND epidemiologic evidence with no
confirmatory laboratory testing
OR
Meets clinical criteria*
AND has tested positive using an antigen or serologic FDA approved
test
OR
Has
an epidemiologic link AND has tested positive using an antigen
or serologic FDA approved test
OR
Has a death certificate
that lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a
significant condition contributing to death with no confirmatory
laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
The Center for Mental Health
The Center Support Line is free and available to our communities 24/7 for anyone feeling stressed, anxious, or just needing someone to talk to. Call 970.252.6220. www.centermh.org/supportline.
They are hosting Facebook live “Coping with COVID” chats every Tuesday at 12 pm. https://www.facebook.com/centermh/.
The www.centermh.org/covid19 page has been updated with lots of useful behavioral health resources, including information on how to gain free access to the myStrength app for individual use.
Grocery and prescription delivery 5 days per week
If you are at risk and self-isolating at home, ill with Covid-19 symptoms, or quarantined and need groceries or prescriptions delivered to your home, call (970) 641-7959. Deliveries are by drivers trained to safely handle your order and are available throughout the valley, 5 days a week, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Non-resident homeowners
Non-resident homeowners are being welcomed back with a mandatory 7-day isolation upon their arrival. We ask them to let us know when they plan to arrive and how many in their group will be arriving. We do not want or need your name or contact information. This is not an exemption process, rather it is data that will help to correlate data being tracked (e.g. positive tests, call center calls, screening site numbers) and drive predictive modeling around potential hospital impacts and community needs as the Gunnison Valley seasonally swells in population.
Please come prepared with the supplies that you need to quarantine for 7 days upon your arrival. If you do need groceries or prescriptions during your isolation, please utilize the Delivery Assistance Hotline that operates 5 days per week, Monday through Friday. (970) 641-7959.
Call Center Hours
The call center is operating 8am-12pm Monday-Friday. For those needing assistance outside of those hours, there will be someone monitoring the callcenter@gunnisoncounty.org email.
The Delivery Assistance Hotline will keep its same hours, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday.
Screening Site
The screening site will continue on the following schedule.
-Monday from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in Gunnison
-Wednesday from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in Crested Butte
-Friday testing will be by appointment and reserved for healthcare, law enforcement, EMS, and fire employees only.
By the Numbers
As of 4:24 PM, we have 106 positive, 273 negative, and 28 pending tests.
Our Google data studio is live on the website. The main page is a breakdown. There is more detail in a link in the bottom right corner for those that want to dig in further. We have also included some new data in the more detailed dashboard and we intend to release a risk barometer in the weekend’s updates so the community can monitor our progress as we continue through Phase 1.