One of the two new confirmed cases was one that state health officials previously said was a suspected case involving a National Guard member deployed to work at a nursing home in Simla overwhelmed by a COVID-19 outbreak, the department said. Colorado\u2019s first variant case, the first to be announced in the country, was also found in a Guard member who worked there.<\/p>\n
The other new variant case and the other suspected case were found in staff members at a state-operated veterans\u2019 nursing home, the Veterans Community Living Center at Fitzsimmons in Aurora. No other cases have been discovered through routine testing there but regular testing will continue, the department said.<\/p>\n
The people with the new confirmed and suspected cases have been ordered to isolate themselves and their close contacts have been ordered to quarantine, the department said.<\/p>\n
The B.1.1.7 variant has also been found in California, New York, Georgia and Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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