COVID-19 Resources

State of Colorado

Colorado’s dial framework standardizes different levels of “openness” at the county level. It is a tool for counties to use to make life during the pandemic more sustainable, allowing us to balance, to the greatest extent possible, controlling the virus with our social and economic needs.

The dial levels, effective Nov. 20, are:

1. Level Green - Protect Our Neighbors: for counties that are able to locally contain surges. Most businesses are open with generous capacity limits.
2. Level Blue - Caution: for counties with low transmission levels that aren’t quite ready for Protect Our Neighbors. Capacity limits are more permissive than yellow.
3. Level Yellow - Concern: the baseline level for counties with elevated transmission levels but stable hospitalizations.
4. Level Orange - High Risk:  for counties where numbers are going up but not to the point where everything needs to be shut down. The capacity limits are moderate.
5. Level Red - Severe Risk: for counties with high levels of transmission, hospitalizations, and positivity rates. Most indoor activities are prohibited or strictly limited, and outdoor activities are encouraged as an alternative. The capacity limits are significant.
6. Level Purple - Extreme Risk: for counties where hospital capacity is at extreme risk of being overrun. At this level, all businesses must significantly curtail in-person functions and people must stay at home except for necessary activities.

Dial Framework Policy Document

Capacity Restrictions by Level

Find your county's level

 

Tri-County Health Department Resources

COVID - 19 Resource Page

Guidance for Businesses

 

Douglas County Under Safer at Home Level Red

DOUGLAS COUNTY CAPACITY CHART

 

Douglas County Variance
Applicable when Douglas County is under Safer at Home Level Yellow and lower, dependin upon the variance. As of November 20, 2020 Douglas County is under Safer at Home Level  Red. See above for a link to the summary of impacts

Douglas County received a letter of approval from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment(CDPHE) pertaining to the County’s variance request for gatherings, receptions, events and life rites – and the County’s variance request for theaters, team sports and pools.

Approvals are specific to limited capacities, sustainability of favorable public health data, with social distancing and adherence to public health orders. The approvals will:

• Allow 175 people indoors and 250 outdoors for: gatherings, receptions, events and life rites; indoor and outdoor pools;
• Allow 50 players indoors and outdoors for recreational league sports and tournaments;
• Allow libraries and bowling alleys to expand to 50% capacity not to exceed 175 people indoors; and
• Allow 175 people indoors at movie theaters, performance theaters, opera houses, concert halls and music halls.

For all indoor and outdoor spaces, in order to achieve 6-foot distancing, the limit is 50% of the posted occupancy code ensuring a minimum of 28 square feet per person not to exceed more than 175 people gathered in a confined indoor space at any given time, and not to exceed 250 in an outdoor space.