SAN LUIS VALLEY — Eighteen new cases for the SLV have been reported since Friday, 13 for Alamosa, 2 for Conejos, 1 each for Costilla, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties. The total number of cumulative cases is now 306. Twentyfive total people have been hospitalized, and 210 have completed isolation. There have been 5 fatalities of individuals with COVID-19.

There are approximately 91 known active cases in the SLV. Numbers are updated weekdays at slvemergency. org/slv-covid-19/. Several outbreaks are occurring at workplaces or other facilities around the Valley. Public Health and healthcare partners are coordinating testing to determine the scope of the problem, as well as exploring the possibility of increasing staffing capacity for support. Not all of the recently identified cases are directly associated with these outbreaks. There is also general community spread occurring throughout the Valley.

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For questions about testing or for medical advice, please contact your primary care doctor or call one of the numbers below to start the screening process:

For symptomatic individuals only, call: Rio Grande Hospital 719- 657-4990 SLVHealth Respiratory Clinic 719-589-2511 ext. 9

For symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals who have had contact with a confirmed COVID-19 positive individual, call: Valley-Wide Health Systems 719-589-3658 ext. 9 (M-F), 719-589-2562 (Sa/Su)

For general (non-medical) SLV COVID-19 related questions: [email protected], 719-480-8719