{"id":49410,"date":"2021-01-07T13:50:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T20:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/outbreak-of-covid-19-reported-at-durango-homeless-camp\/"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T20:50:27","slug":"outbreak-of-covid-19-reported-at-durango-homeless-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/outbreak-of-covid-19-reported-at-durango-homeless-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Outbreak of COVID-19 reported at Durango homeless camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=6e62766d-b082-417c-b277-1ebf5c815742&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Two residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at Durango\u2019s homeless camp.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Two residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at Durango\u2019s homeless camp.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Terrance Siemon\/BCI Media file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>An outbreak of COVID-19 cases has been reported at the Purple Cliffs homeless camp south of Durango, according to state health department records.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak was confirmed Tuesday, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, after two residents had confirmed positive COVID-19 tests.<\/p>\n<p>According to state guidelines, an outbreak is defined as two or more positive cases, within a workplace, in a 14-day period.<\/p>\n<p>At the Four Corners Health Care Center, the state reports that a total of 22 residents have now died as a result of an outbreak first reported in late November. In total, 94 residents and 53 staff members have tested positive.<\/p>\n<p>Recently reported outbreaks include:<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">The city of Durango\u2019s Collection and Distribution Utilities Department, where an outbreak was confirmed Dec. 23 after two employees tested positive.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Mercy Regional Medical Center\u2019s Child Care Center, where an outbreak was confirmed Monday after two staff members tested positive.<\/em>Previously reported, but still active outbreaks include: Bayfield High School, Durango Transit Center, Hilltop House, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Sonic and Walmart.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jromeo@durangoherald.com\">jromeo@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>residents test positive, state health department says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[685,28,611,4259,668],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-49410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coronavirus-covid-19","tag-headlines","tag-homelessness","tag-newsletter-sign-up","tag-public-health"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49410"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=49410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}