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Board of Health: Colorado measles cases noted statewide; Montezuma County reports no local cases
Summary
Montezuma County health officials reported 13 confirmed measles cases in Colorado since Jan. 1, 2026 (all outside Montezuma County), a record influenza season with over 5,000 statewide hospitalizations, and local hospitalizations of 21 flu and 8 RSV patients since January; harm-reduction kits were also distributed.
Bobby Lock, director of the Montezuma County Public Health Department, briefed the Board of Health on communicable-disease trends on April 7, saying Colorado has recorded multiple confirmed measles cases this year but Montezuma County has had none.
"Since 01/01/2026, the state of Colorado has been 13 cases of confirmed measles," Lock said, and added that the cases have been concentrated in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield and Weld counties. He said Montezuma County had not seen any measles cases in…
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