List Of Colorado Counties That Are Ending Dial Restrictions

Colorado public health officials gave local governments a lot more control over their restrictions beginning Friday, and more than two dozen counties chose to end the Dial 3.0 framework.

“We want local governments to be able to move nimbly, creating local protocols where necessary to protect their communities, and we will support them when they do,” said Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in a statement.

More than half of public health agencies across the state will have a public health order in place beginning Friday, officials said.

Counties that indicated that they would maintain Level Yellow:

• Pueblo

Counties that indicated that they would maintain Level Blue:

• Broomfield (modified)
• Gunnison (modified)
• Denver
• Jefferson
• Larimer
• Arapahoe
• Boulder
• Adams
• Archuletta
• La Plata

Counties that indicated that they would maintain Level Green:

• Bent
• Cheyenne
• Costilla
• Gilpin
• Kit Carson
• San Juan

Counties that indicated that they would not have local orders:

• Alamosa
• Baca
• Custer
• Crowley
• Delores
• Douglas
• El Paso
• Elbert
• Fremont
• Huerfano
• Kiowa
• Lincoln
• Logan
• Los Animas
• Mesa
• Montezuma
• Montrose
• Morgan
• Otero
• Phillips
• Prowers
• Rio Grande
• Sedgwick
• Teller
• Washington
• Weld
• Yuma

Counties that indicated they would have a modified dial or a local order in addition to the state’s order:

• Chaffee
• Clear Creek
• Conejos
• Delta
• Eagle
• Lake
• Ouray
• Pitkin
• Routt
• San Miguel
• Summit

Counties that have not yet announced their plans include Garfield, Grand, Hinsdale, Jackson, Mineral, Moffat, Park, Rio Blanco and Saguache.

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Coronavirus rates in Colorado have surged in April, public health officials said. Between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon, 953 new cases were reported in our state. More than half of the latest cases are variants, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.