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New cases: 194

Total cases: 31,582

Daily hospitalizations: 71

Daily discharges: 8

Total deaths: 286

New deaths: 0

New cases per 100,000 people in past 7 days: 210.4

7-day percent positivity for diagnostic tests as of Oct. 21: 6.2%

*Monday’s data from BCPH reflects three days’ worth of testing as it does not report new data on Saturdays and Sundays

*Some of BCPH’s data may be missing because of delays in investigations and ongoing county reporting delays.


Vaccination data

  • Percent of vaccine-eligible residents who have received only one dose of the two-shot Pfizer or Moderna vaccines: 6%
  • Percent of vaccine-eligible residents who have received a full course of a vaccine, including the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine: 79%
  • Percent of vaccine-eligible residents who have received at least one vaccine dose: 84%

Percent of new cases per municipality for the week of Oct. 25, 2021

  • Boulder: 26%
  • Longmont: 41%
  • Lafayette, Louisville and Superior: 15%
  • Other municipalities and unincorporated Boulder County: 18%

*Boulder County Public Health changed its reporting from whole numbers to percentages beginning the week of May 23


Number of cases per 100,000 population per municipality

  • Boulder: 10,110.5
  • Erie: 7,618.8
  • Lafayette: 8,710.4
  • Longmont: 11,255.0
  • Louisville: 7,906.4
  • Lyons: 6,008.8
  • Nederland: 3,311.7
  • Superior: 5,887.8
  • Unincorporated Boulder County: 6,919.4

Case data by racial demographic

  • White
    • Cases: 66.2%
    • Hospitalizations: 58.9%
    • Deaths: 75.8%
  • Latino
    • Cases: 28.6%
    • Hospitalizations: 34.4%
    • Deaths: 17.4%
  • Black
    • Cases: 1.1%
    • Hospitalizations: 1.3%
    • Deaths: 1.1%
  • All other non-Latino and non-Black races
    • Cases: 4%
    • Hospitalizations: 5.3%
    • Deaths: 5.7%

* Boulder County’s population breaks down as 77.4% white, 14.0% Latino, 1.0% Black and 7.9% all other races


Colorado case data

  • Total cases: 747,855
  • Total deaths because of COVID-19: 8,554
  • Total deaths among cases: 8,258
  • Total hospitalizations: 42,535
  • Total tested: 3,920,486
  • Number of people who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine: 3,881,150
  • Number of people who have been fully vaccinated: 3,569,960

Boulder Valley School District active cases and quarantines

  • Total active cases: 64
  • Total staff quarantines: 1
  • Total students quarantines: 124

BVSD elementary schools

  • Alicia Sanchez: 2 active cases
  • Aspen Creek PK-8: 3 active cases
  • Birch: 1 active case
  • Coal Creek: 1 active case; 9 students quarantined
  • Creekside: 2 active cases
  • Douglass: 2 active cases
  • Eldorado PK-8: 2 active cases
  • Gold Hill: 1 active case; 17 students quarantined
  • Heatherwood: 1 active case; 3 students quarantined
  • High Peaks: 1 active case
  • Horizons K-8: 1 active case
  • Lafayette: 3 active cases
  • Louisville: 4 active cases; 1 staff member quarantined
  • Monarch PK-8: 3 active cases
  • Nederland: 4 active cases; 32 students quarantined
  • Peak to Peak: 1 active case
  • Pioneer: 1 active case
  • Ryan: 1 active case
  • University Hill: 3 active cases; 22 students quarantined
  • Whittier: 2 active cases

BVSD middle schools

  • Angevine: 2 active cases
  • Centennial: 1 active case
  • Casey: 1 active case
  • Manhattan Middle School of Arts: 2 active cases

BVSD high schools

  • Boulder: 2 active cases
  • Broomfield: 2 active cases
  • Centaurus: 2 active cases
  • Fairview: 3 active cases
  • Monarch: 1 active case

BVSD other departments

  • Boulder Community School of Integrated Studies: 2 active cases
  • Community Montessori: 1 active case; 16 students quarantined
  • Maintenance: 1 active case
  • Meadowlark: 5 active cases; 25 students quarantined

St. Vrain Valley School District active cases

  • Total active student cases: 96
  • Total active staff cases: 11
  • Total staff quarantines: 4
  • Total student quarantines: 367

SVVSD elementary schools

  • Alpine: 1 active student case
  • Blue Mountain: 2 active student cases; 3 students quarantined
  • Black Rock: 3 active student cases; 15 students quarantined
  • Burlington: 2 active student cases; 6 students quarantined
  • Centennial: 1 active student case; 5 students quarantined
  • Central: 1 student quarantined
  • Columbine: 1 active student case; 2 students quarantined
  • Eagle Crest: 1 active student case
  • Erie: 4 students quarantined
  • Fall River: 5 active student cases; 1 student quarantined
  • Highlands: 1 active student case; 6 students quarantined
  • Hygiene: 1 active student case; 2 students quarantined
  • Indian Peaks: 4 students quarantined
  • Legacy: 4 students quarantined
  • Longmont Estates: 4 active student cases; 3 students quarantined
  • Lyons: 1 active student case; 3 students quarantined
  • Mead: 5 active student cases; 13 students quarantined
  • Mountain View: 7 active student cases; 18 students and 2 staff members quarantined
  • Northridge: 2 active student cases; 13 students quarantined
  • Niwot: 3 active student cases; 23 students quarantined
  • Prairie Ridge: 9 students quarantined
  • Red Hawk: 1 student quarantined
  • Rocky Mountain: 1 active student case and 1 active staff member case; 1 student quarantined
  • Sanborn: 3 active student cases and 1 active staff member case
  • Soaring Heights PK-8: 4 active student cases and 1 active staff member case; 25 students quarantined and 1 staff member quarantined
  • Thunder Valley PK-8: 3 active student cases and 1 active staff member case; 12 students quarantined and 1 staff member quarantined
  • Timberline PK-8: 1 active student case; 1 student quarantined

SVVSD middle schools

  • Altona: 3 active student cases; 5 students quarantined
  • Coal Ridge: 1 active student case; 8 students quarantined
  • Erie: 7 active student cases; 54 students quarantined
  • Longs Peak: 2 active student cases; 19 students quarantined
  • Lyons Middle School/Senior High School: 1 active staff member case; 9 students quarantined
  • Mead: 1 active student case; 4 students quarantined
  • Trail Ridge: 2 active student cases; 1 student quarantined
  • Westview: 3 active student cases; 2 students quarantined

SVVSD high schools

  • Erie: 6 active student cases; 20 students quarantined
  • Frederick: 1 active student case and 1 active staff member case; 2 students quarantined
  • Longmont: 3 active student cases; 1 student quarantined
  • Mead: 3 active student cases; 19 students quarantined
  • New Meridian: 1 active student case; 1 student quarantined
  • Niwot: 3 active student cases; 8 students quarantined
  • Silver Creek: 1 active student case
  • Skyline: 2 active student cases

SVVSD other departments

  • Central Administration: 4 active staff member cases
  • Launched Virtual Academy: 3 active student cases
  • Main Street School: 1 active student case; 2 students quarantined
  • Multiple Schools: 1 active staff member case
  • Spark Discovery Preschool: 2 students quarantined
  • St. Vrain Virtual High School: 1 active student case