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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced Tuesday that the city’s stay-at-home order has been extended to April 30 in an effort to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Public health officials said there were 18 more deaths, bringing the state’s total to 69. There were 339 more positive cases, taking the total to 2,966. There are 509 people who have been hospitalized.
How many people have recovered from the coronavirus? Colorado says it can’t yet answer that question.
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Here are the updates for March 31.
Resources
- Colorado coronavirus map: Where are cases being reported?
- School closures
- Event cancellations
- Do I have the coronavirus? Here’s what to do if you’re not sure.
- How social distancing works and what it means for you
- These Denver restaurants will offer delivery, takeout during coronavirus shutdown
- FAQ about Colorado’s stay-at-home order
- How the governor’s
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What’s new today
- Kiszla: Why $100,000 pledge by Rockies Daniel Murphy to assist struggling baseball players is act of love so needed in time of COVID-19
- Denver-based Whiting Petroleum files for bankruptcy as coronavirus continues making economic waves
- Coronavirus in Colorado: Arenas, college dorms and warehouses could take in patients as health system scales up
- CHSAA spring sports and activities suspension extended through April 30
- Rockies’ Daniel Murphy donates $100,000 to help minor league players affected by coronavirus pandemic
- Colorado directs Hobby Lobby executive to close stores
- Colorado legislature can resume its regular session after breaking for coronavirus, Supreme Court rules
- Colorado’s coronavirus deaths reach 80 as total hospitalizations surpass 600
- Editorial: Protect those essential employees
- Michael Bennet wants you to wear a homemade mask
- Taiwan is donating 100,000 medical masks to Colorado, Sen. Cory Gardner says
- CU Buffs spring game unlikely to be rescheduled as hope remains for summer football practices
- Weld County sheriff warns residents about police impersonator
- 6 feet may not be enough distance to stop the spread of coronavirus, experts say
- Colorado’s coronavirus school closures extended through April 30
- Colorado securing medical supplies for coronavirus surge since feds can’t keep up, Gov. Jared Polis says
- Rockies’ simulated home opener raising money for food banks in Colorado and Wyoming
- Coronavirus sends DIA passenger traffic plunging by 90%, prompting closure of north TSA checkpoint
- Colorado’s biggest jails drop population by a third as sheriffs combat spread of coronavirus
- Kroger adds “hero bonus” to frontline workers’ pay during coronavirus outbreak
- Lost to coronavirus: Dan Vigil, a Lafayette family man, dies
- The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs dismisses 1,411 workers because of pandemic
- Colorado business confidence plummets on coronavirus concerns
- Is golfing allowed amid Colorado coronavirus stay-at-home orders? Golfers find there’s no uniform answer.
- Colorado readies guidelines for prioritizing coronavirus patient care in case of hospital overload
Nation and world
- MLS cutting pay of top executives and front office staff, AP source says
- Why health experts aren’t warning about coronavirus in food
- Cubs-Cardinals series in London in June canceled by MLB
- States largely have authority over when to shut down, reopen amid coronavirus pandemic
- Wimbledon canceled for 1st time since WWII because of coronavirus
- Trump says “life and death” at stake in following guidelines amid coronavirus
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