Commerce City Sentinel Express Dec 1 2020

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SENTINEL EXPRESS C O M M E R C E

VOLUME 32

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TTUESDAY , ,NDOVEMBER 2020 UESDAY ECEMBER 24, 1, 2020

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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibitAT indoor dining, personal gatherings NEW OUTREACH EAGLE POINT

A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity rate was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions that prohibits indoor and personal gatherings.

By Ellis Arnold Colorado Community Media

county is required to follow based on the severity of a county’s local virus spread. The dial grew out of the state’s safer-athome order — the policy that came after the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen. The state recently switched to color identifiers — levels blue, yellow and orange rather than numbered levels — to avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level red — “severe risk” — is the second-

As Denver metro counties continue to inch closer to local stay-at-home orders under Colorado’s system of coronavirusrelated restrictions, the state announced a new level of rules that prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings — a change that applies to the majority of the Denver metro area and many counties in other regions. The state’s COVID-19 dial, which has Photo by Belen Ward been in effect since September, is the set An increasing number of people experiencing homelessness have gathering at Eagle Pointe Recreation Center in Commerce City and the Veterans Memorial Park next to it at of restrictions that each the same time the city has renovating and reopening the park. As a result, the city is seekingoftodifferent improvelevels outreach and enforcement around homelessness and that’s led to the Please see RESTRICTIONS, Page 2 prospective hiring of a community navigator and a park ranger. See the story on page 3. PHOTO BY LIAM ADAMS

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