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Boulder County Public Health reported one new COVID-19 death Monday. Shawn Hollister, Boulder County Public Health spokesperson, said the person who died was vaccinated. The person was in their 60s and was not a resident of a long-term care facility.

New cases: 223

Total cases: 36,754

Currently hospitalized: 57

Daily discharges: 7

Total deaths: 323

New deaths: 1

New cases per 100,000 people in past 7 days: 185.2

7-day percent positivity for diagnostic tests as of Dec. 15: 4.4%

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

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


Vaccination data

  • Percent of vaccine-eligible residents who have received only one dose of the two-shot Pfizer or Moderna vaccines: 18%
  • Percent of vaccine-eligible residents who have received a full course of a vaccine, including the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine: 71%
  • Percent of vaccine-eligible residents who have received at least one vaccine dose: 89%

Percent of new cases per municipality for the week of Dec. 20, 2021

  • Boulder: 31%
  • Longmont: 29%
  • Lafayette, Louisville and Superior: 20%
  • Other municipalities and unincorporated Boulder County: 19%

*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: 11,296.8
  • Erie: 9,622.9
  • Lafayette: 10,087.1
  • Longmont: 13,186.7
  • Louisville: 9,410.7
  • Lyons: 8,597.9
  • Nederland: 4,740.3
  • Superior: 6,874.1
  • Unincorporated Boulder County: 8,404.9

Case data by racial demographic

  • White
    • Cases : 67.3%
    • Hospitalizations: 60.4%
    • Deaths: 75.3%
  • Latino
    • Cases: 27.5%
    • Hospitalizations: 33.4%
    • Deaths: 18.0%
  • Black
    • Cases: 1.2%
    • Hospitalizations: 1.4%
    • Deaths: 1.0%
  • All other non-Latino and non-Black races
    • Cases: 4%
    • Hospitalizations: 4.8%
    • Deaths: 5.8%

* 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: 870,433
  • Total deaths because of COVID-19: 10,214
  • Total deaths among cases: 9,918
  • Total hospitalizations: 49,744
  • Total tested: 4,231,153
  • Number of people who have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine: 4,173,462
  • Number of people who have been fully vaccinated: 3,769,367

Boulder Valley School District active cases and quarantines

  • Total active cases: 31
  • Total staff quarantines: 0
  • Total student quarantines: 31

BVSD elementary schools

  • Aspen Creek PK-8: 1 active case
  • Birch: 1 active case
  • Eisenhower: 1 active case
  • Eldorado PK-8: 2 active cases; 19 students quarantined
  • Flatirons: 2 active cases
  • Foothill: 1 active case
  • Kohl: 1 active case
  • Lafayette: 2 active cases
  • Mapleton Early Childhood Education Center: 1 active case
  • University Hill: 1 active case

BVSD middle schools

  • Angevine: 3 active cases; 9 students quarantined
  • Nederland Middle School / High School: 1 active case

BVSD high schools

  • Boulder: 1 active case
  • Broomfield: 6 active cases; 1 student quarantined
  • Centaurus: 3 active cases
  • Fairview: 1 active case; 2 students quarantined
  • Monarch: 1 active case

BVSD other departments

Peak to Peak: 2 active cases


St. Vrain Valley School District active cases

  • Total active student cases: 56
  • Total active staff cases: 13
  • Total student quarantines: 301
  • Total staff quarantines: 2

SVVSD elementary schools

  • Alpine: 4 students quarantined
  • Black Rock: 2 students quarantined
  • Blue Mountain: 1 student quarantined
  • Centennial: 2 active student cases; 1 student quarantined
  • Central: 2 students quarantined
  • Columbine: 1 active student case; 25 students quarantined
  • Eagle Crest: 2 active student cases; 3 students quarantined 
  • Erie: 1 active student case; 3 students quarantined
  • Fall River: 4 students quarantined
  • Grand View: 2 active staff member cases; 5 students quarantined
  • Highlands: 1 active student case; 2 students quarantined
  • Hygiene: 1 student quarantined
  • Indian Peaks: 2 active student cases; 2 students quarantined
  • Legacy: 2 active student cases and 1 active staff member case; 6 students quarantined
  • Longmont Estates: 4 active student cases and 2 active staff member cases; 40 students quarantined
  • Lyons: 1 student quarantined
  • Mead: 8 students quarantined
  • Mountain View: 1 active student case and 1 active staff member case
  • Niwot: 4 active student cases and 1 active staff member case; 8 students quarantined
  • Northridge: 1 active student case; 15 students quarantined
  • Prairie Ridge: 1 active student cases and 1 active staff member case; 6 students quarantined
  • Red Hawk: 3 active student cases; 2 students quarantined
  • Rocky Mountain: 28 students quarantined
  • Sanborn: 5 students quarantined
  • Soaring Heights PK-8: 6 students quarantined
  • Thunder Valley PK-8: 2 active student cases; 19 students quarantined
  • Timberline PK-8: 6 active student cases; 5 students quarantined

SVVSD middle schools

  • Altona: 1 active staff member case; 3 students quarantined
  • Coal Ridge: 2 student cases; 5 students quarantined
  • Erie: 2 active student cases and 4 students quarantined
  • Mead: 5 students quarantined
  • Sunset: 1 student quarantined
  • Trail Ridge: 1 active student case; 22 students quarantined
  • Westview: 1 active student case; 2 students quarantined

SVVSD high schools

  • Erie: 3 active student cases; 36 students quarantined
  • Frederick: 5 students quarantined
  • Longmont: 3 active student cases and 2 active staff member case; 3 students quarantined
  • Mead: 3 active student cases; 15 students quarantined
  • Niwot: 2 active student cases and 1 active staff member case; 5 students quarantined
  • Silver Creek: 2 active student cases and 2 active staff member cases; 10 students quarantined
  • Skyline: 1 active student case; 4 students quarantined

SVVSD other departments

  • Central Administration: 1 active staff member case; 2 staff members quarantined
  • LaunchED Virtual Academy: 1 student quarantined
  • Main Street School: 9 students quarantined
  • Spark! Discovery Preschool: 2 students quarantined