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Pitkin County health staff report summer rise in COVID‑19, HPAI monitoring and changes to wastewater surveillance
Summary
At the July 11 Pitkin County Board of Health meeting, communicable‑disease staff described a routine summer rise in COVID‑19 cases, state activity around highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) affecting dairy operations and a statewide change reducing routine wastewater sentinel sites to 20 — Aspen selected as a sentinel site.
Carly, Pitkin County communicable‑disease staff, told the Board of Health on July 11 that a summer rise in COVID‑19 cases is occurring nationally and locally and is consistent with seasonal patterns of waning immunity and circulating variants. "Is COVID‑19 here? Absolutely," Carly said, noting increases linked to waning immunity, variant immune evasion and summer events.
Nut graf: Carly also warned the board about state‑level activity on HPAI (avian influenza) affecting cattle and poultry, noted…
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