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CDPHE viral dashboard, showing wastewater detections for various viruses, with measles virus detections (2) highlighted

To sum it all up?

COVID, Flu & RSV activity remains very low across the state, but there is a chance RSV may be kicking off soon.

Measles is being detected in wastewater in two cities, Colorado Springs and Steamboat Springs, with no reported cases at this time.

Specific dates of the measles detections are not publicly available, but the Wastewater results added since Friday reflect the dates 10/14-10/16 for the other tested viruses.

This may be advance warning of exposures in these cities!

As Measles cases are often reported late, this may aid early id.

screen grab of measles wastewater dashboard showing detections at Steamboat and Colorado Springs

The big story this week is Measles, which is being detected at TWO utilities: Steamboat Springs and Colorado Springs Las Vegas.

No additional Measles cases have been reported in the last few days.

The last reported exposures occurring in La Veta between 10/12 & 10/15.

Screengrab of wastewater dashboard showing low activity everywhere

The COVID Wastewater continues to look great. Almost all utilities are in "steady decrease" and the average and median remain VERY low.

The COVID median and average are now as low as they were at their lowest levels in late spring.

Flu and RSV remain practically nonexistent in wastewater samples

screen grab of Positivity for covid, showing different reported numbers.

The front page says that COVID Positivity has skyrocketed to 11.86%, but the Positivity graph shows it much lower. So I don't think the data showing on the front page is accurate, as the LARGE jump is also the only indicator that is climbing at all, and it's SUCH a big jump

Hospital Admissions (comparing to initial #s for last week)

Covid: 51, down from 55 last week.
Flu: 8, flat.
RSV: 5, up from 0.

This is the first time there has been more than 2 RSV hospitalizations since June, indicating the RSV season may be ramping up now.

Screengrab of CDPHE dashboard with wastewater data, highlighting positivity for COVID and Measles detections

COVID, Flu & RSV in Colorado update, 10/22/25

Hospitalizations & Wastewater for all viruses remain low, tho RSV admissions jump to highest level since June.

COVID positivity jumps (likely error)

Measles has been detected in 2 utilities (Steamboat & Co Springs Las Vegas).

Thanks! Shared with several cc folks!

Both previously shown dashboard, showing low incidence of respiratory viral disease overall

To Sum it all up?

Covid Wastewater, Hospitalizations, and positivity remain low.

Flu and RSV are still rare.

Many changes to the CDPHE dashboards, the changes and additions to the Wastewater dashboard are particularly positive! (yay Measles data! Yay Fort Collins data!)

CDPHE virus dashboard, highlighting changes

CDPHE made several changes to the Viral Respiratory Dashboard:

- Adding an estimate of "Overall Viral Respiratory illness activity"
- Dropping the variant data visualization & hospital admissions from this front page table

No explanation of the changes has been published.

Cdphe wastewater dashboard, highlighting measles tab

In more exciting news, they are also now reporting wastewater detections for Measles!

As with Mpox, Copies/ml are not reported, only "no detection, detection, persistent detection". Fortunately, there are no recent detections.

My wastewater dashboard, highlighting for Collins. Detections are low everywhere for all viruses

The COVID Wastewater trends continue to be mostly in steady decrease, with the median & average now lower than they have been since June.

In exciting news, CDPHE's wastewater team is now reporting wastewater data from Fort Collins!

Flu is only being detected in Highlands Ranch.

Dashboard, showing hospitalization details when you scroll over graph

Hospital Admissions (comparing to initial #s for last week)

Covid: 55, down from 60 last week.
Flu: 8, down from 9.
RSV: 0, down from 2.

The hospitalization counts are now available on the front page in the chart, but are no longer in the table below the viz.

CDPHE dashboard showing low respiratory illness

COVID, Flu, & RSV in Colorado update, 10/15/25
*big update & holiday week

CDPHE updates its virus dashboard AND its wastewater dashboards.

Hospitalizations, Wastewater Trends & Wastewater Detections for all viruses remain low.

Data this week may be delayed due to the holiday.

The ICE officers have signed up to willingly destroy the lives of immigrants with no criminal background.

They are pointing guns at US Citizens and shooting Americans to do it. If their work environment is being made too unpleasant by the protestors, they should quit.

GOOD GRIEF with your first guest.

"It is the aim of some of the protestors to make life difficult for the ICE officers because they believe they are engaged in illegal immoral behavior".

They are.

They are kidnapping people, disappearing them.
Boohoo that their work environment is unpleasant.

Its unreasonable how tricky it has been to find pediatric vaccines ANYWHERE outside the Denver Metro. I’m glad you found them ❤️

Amazing! I was able to get my kiddo his COVID shot at his pediatrician’s office :-). It was a really great experience!

Screengrab of cdphe dashboard, indicating we remain in a respiratory virus low period

To sum it all up?

We remain in a bit of a lull for COVID and Flu and RSV have not yet arrived for the season.

That said, there was an uptick in Flu admissions this week, but the level remains quite low, and Flu is not appearing yet in Wastewater.

The start of Respiratory Virus Season also means: vaccines are here!

Ive heard many reports of success getting COVID shots (even Novavax and pediatric shots!).

Flu shots and flu clinics are happening now as well!

Chart of Covid plys flu numbers, showing that last year was much more severe than years before Covid arrived.

And while it was the worst Flu year ever, it did have less COVID admissions than any previous "respiratory season", though there are still more than 2.5-3 times more admissions for viral respiratory disease than there were before the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

Chart of Historical flu hospitalizations. Worst ever flu year was last year.

It's worth pointing out that out that today marks the beginning of a new "Respiratory Virus Season".

The 24-25 season was by far the worst Flu season ever for hospitalizations, with hospital admissions for Flu topping 5,000 for the first time ever.

Wastewater dashboard showing general decline, no detection yet of flu, rsv

The COVID wastewater trends have tipped back towards decreasing, with more utilities now "decreasing" (9) than increasing (7).

The median drops further, coming in at 11k, the lowest level since mid July.

Flu & RSV are not yet appearing in wastewater.

View of hospitalizations for colorado for Covid, rsv, and flu from cdphe dashboard.

Hospital Admissions (comparing to initial #s for last week)

Covid: 27, down from 36 last week*.
Flu: 11, up from 5.
RSV: 2, up from 1.

Last weeks COVID Admissions shot up, climbing from 36 to 94, a rise we typically only see in holiday weeks. Not sure why the jump occurred.

View of cdphe dashboard showing information as described in text of post

Wastewater dashboard showing general decline

COVID Flu & RSV in Colorado update, 10/1/25

For COVID, Hospital admissions , Positivity, & % ED Visits drop. Wastewater trends continue to ease & the median slides further.

Flu admissions rise, though other indicators are flat, as we enter the new "Flu Season".

I’d argue that Crocodile Concentration Camp already crossed that barrier

Thats fantastic!

To sum it all up?

Hospitalizations remain elevated, but are not climbing, and other hospital data has dipped (%positive, % of ED visits)

Cases in Children appear particularly high.

Wastewater looks concerning.

Please seek a booster, and please take precautions like masking!

Many people are having success finding COVID boosters at their local pharmacy, following CDPHE and the Governor's efforts to make the vaccine available.

My elderly parents have been boosted (phew). But I have not yet heard of success for kids under 12 yet in Colorado.

I also want to highlight that this surge seems to be hitting children particularly hard:

The number of positive COVID samples at Colorado Children's Hospital is six times higher than it was in early July. (Chart from Bug Watch, a Children's Hospital Publication).