COVID-19 infections increasing statewide, but hospitalizations rise only slightly

COVID-19 infections increasing statewide, but hospitalizations rise only slightly

Colorado’s increase in infections coincides with the immune-evasive XBB.1.5 variant taking over.

COVID-19 infections increasing in Colorado, but hospitalizations rise only slightly

COVID-19 infections appear to be spreading somewhat more widely in Colorado, but that hasn’t translated into large numbers of people becoming severely ill. The state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations rose slightly this week, to 192 on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That was higher than the same time last week, when 182 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, but lower than two weeks ago, when …