Follow this page for the latest updates on the Coronavirus from the Otero County Health Department and the Colorado Department of Public Health. All links will open PDF files in a new window.

Please Read: What To Do If You're Sick with COVID-19

IMPORTANT: Please see the FAQ on the Shelter in Place Order by clicking here

State/Public Health Orders and Updates

• 10-27-20: Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center (AVRCM) Updated Community Testing Schedule
• 10-27-20: Level Restrictions
• 10-09-20: 20-32 Protect Our Neighbors 
• 09-18-2020: D 2020 190 Nonmedical Face Coverings
• 09-18-2020: 20-35 Safer at Home Dial
• 08-25-2020: 20-28 Safer At Home 10th Amendment 
• 07-31-2020 Safer At Home 9th Amendment
• 07-24-2020 Amended Public Health Order 20-31 Face Coverings
• 07-20-2020 Reopening Schools: Health Guidance by COVID-19 Phase
• 07-06-2020 D 2020 138 Mask Order
• 07-16-2020 Statewide Mask Order FAQ
• 07-07-2020 Open Letter to the American Public- American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, American Nurses Association
• 07-01-2020 Public Health Order Face Coverings
• 07-01-2020 Safer at Home 8th Amendment 
• 06-19-2020 20-28 Safer at Home.7th Amendment
• 06-04-2020: 20-28 Safer at Home.Fifth Amendment
• 04-27-2020: Public Health Order 20-28 Safer at Home
• 04-27-2020: New Normal Advisory Board
• 04-27-2020: Elective Surgeries to Resume
• 04-27-2020 Safer At Home
• 04-22-2020: Executive Order Amending School Closure
• 04-22-2020: Safer-At-Home Fact Sheet
• 04-22-2020: Executive Order: Essential Workers to Wear Masks
• 04-20-2020: COVID Modeling Report
• 04-20-2020: COVID Model Presentation
• 04-17-2020: COVID-19 Symptom Tracker
• 04-03-2020: Mask Campaign FAQ
• 03-25-2020: Governor Polis issues statewide Shelter in Place order
• Long term care & assisted living
• Places of Business
• Schools and Normal In-Person Instruction
• Social Distancing

Otero County Official Updates

• 10-27-20 COVID-19 Update: Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center (AVRMC) Updated Community Testing Schedule
• 10-27-20 COVID-19 Update: Safer at Home Level 2
• 10-23-20 COVID-19 Update: New Local Cases, 10/28 Crowley County Prison Meeting
• 10-16-20 COVID-19 Update: Increase in CO Cases
• 10-09-20 COVID-19 Update: CDC Halloween Guidelines
• 10-02-20 COVID-19 Update
• 09-25-20 COVID-19 Update
• 09-18-20 COVID-19 Update
• 09-11-20 COVID-19 Update: Swink School 
• 09-04-20 COVID-19 Update
• 08-28-20 COVID-19 Updates
• 08-25-20 COVID-19 Update: 10th Amendment Summary of Significant Changes 
• 08-21-2020 COVID-19 Update
• 08-17-2020 COVID-19 Update: Requiring Mask Wearing is Constitutional 
• 08-14-20 COVID-19 Update: Belligerent Customers, Beware of Otero County Health Department Employee Imposters
• 8-11-20 COVID-19 Update: Local Increase in Cases, Situation Right Now, Reporting of COVID-19 Deaths, Mask Exemption, Back to School, Do Our Part, Protect Our Neighbord Status, Variance Status, Thank You, Summaries, What can you do right now?
• 07-31-2020 COVID-19 Update: Lewis Bolt and Nut Update, Pioneer Nursing Home Update, Safer At Home Public Health Order 9th Amendment, Protect Our Neighbor Status, Variance Status, Do Our Part, Thank You, Summaries
• 07-28-2020 COVID-19 Update: Lewis Bolt and Nut COVID-19 Workplace Outbreak
• 07-24-2020 COVID-19 Update: Pioneer Nursing Home, Face Covering Public Health Order, Protect Our Neighbor Certification, Variance Status, School Reopening, My Experiences, Summaries
• 07-20-2020 COVID-19 Update: Newly Issued School Reopening Guidance 
• 07-16-2020 COVID-19 Update: It Is Up to Us
• 07-15-2020 COVID-19 Update: COVID-19 Positive Cases at Pioneer Long Term Care Facility
• 07-07-2020 COVID-19 Update: Protect Our Neighbors Phase, Mask Wearing Reduces Risk, Not Over Yet, Open Letter to the American Public (see above)
• 07-02-2020 COVID-19 Update: Libraries are open, with restrictions
• 07-02-2020 COVID-19 Update: Have a safe holiday weekend!
• 07-01-2020 COVID-19 Update: Otero County Health Department statement regarding "Safer at Home 8th Amendment"
• 06-09-2020 Statement on Benefits and Risks
• 06-09-2020 Otero Health Dept Statement regarding "Safer at Home 7th Amendment"
• 06-09-2020 Coronavirus Update:  New Positive Otero County Case
• 06-08-2020 Coronavirus Update:  New Positive Crowley County Cases (Prison)
• 06-04-2020 COVID Testing Locations
• 06-04-2020 Coronavirus Update: New Positive Otero County Cases
• 06-04-2020 Otero Health Dept Statement regarding "Safer at Home Fifth.Amended"
• 06-01-2020 Coronavirus Update: New Positive Crowley/Otero County Cases
• 05-30-2020: Bent, Crowley, Otero Variance Details
• 05-29-2020: APPROVAL - Bent, Crowley, Otero Variance
• 05-29-2020: Bent, Crowley, Otero Variance Decision
• 05-28-2020 Coronavirus Update: 3 New Positive Cases in Otero County
• 05-22-2020 Coronavirus Update: New Positive Otero & Crowley County Cases
• 05-13-2020 Coronavirus Update: New Positive Otero County Case
• 05-12-2020 Coronavirus Update: Bent/Crowley/Otero COVID-19 Variance Plan
• 05-08-2020 Coronavirus Update: 35 inmates infected in Crowley County
• 05-04-2020 Coronavirus Update: 2 new positive cases in Crowley County
• 05-01-2020 Coronavirus Update: I See You Article
• 04-29-2020 Coronavirus Update: 2 new positive cases
• 04-27-2020 Coronavirus Update: Safer at Home Public Health Order
• 04-27-2020 Coronavirus Update: New COVID-19 Positive Case
• 04-27-2020 Coronavirus Update: Safer at Home Information
• 04-23-2020 Coronavirus Update: Safer at Home Fact Shet & Amended School Closure Order
• 04-22-2020 Coronavirus Update: Safer at Home
• 04-21-2020 Coronavirus Update: Public Health Matters: Constitutional or Unconstitutional?
• 04-20-2020 Coronavirus Update:7th Case confirmed in Otero County
• 04-17-2020 Coronavirus Update: 6th Case confirmed in Otero County
• 04-10-2020 Coronavirus Update: 2nd Case confirmed in Crowley County
• 04-09-2020 Coronavirus Update: 5th Case confirmed in Otero County
• 04-08-2020 Coronavirus Update: Second Call for Volunteers
• 04-05-2020 Coronavirus Update: New COVID-19 Positive Case
• 04-02-2020 Coronavirus Update: Volunteers
• 04-02-2020 Coronavirus Update: Local Numbers & Planning
• 03-30-2020 Coronavirus Update: Your Game Plan
• 03-30-2020 Coronavirus Update: 3rd Positive Case Confirmed
• 03-27-2020 Coronavirus Update: Public Health Order Highlights
• 03-26-2020 Coronavirus Update: 2nd POSITIVE COVID-19 Case in Otero County
• 03-25-2020 Shelter in Place FAQ
• 03-25-2020 Coronavirus Update: Statewide Stay at Home/Shelter in Place Order
• 03-24-2020 Coronavirus Update: Part 2
• 03-24-2020 Coronavirus Update: Positive Test Confirmed
• 03-23-2020 Coronavirus Update: The Best Medicine
• 03-23-2020 Coronavirus Press Release
• 03-19-2020: COVID-19 Presumptive Positive in Crowley County
• 03-18-2020: Message from Richard Ritter, Health Department
• 03-16-2020: State Health Department issues public health order for some businesses
• 03-16-2020: Retail Food Establishment COVID-19 Implementation of Public Health Order
• 03-16-2020: Notice of Public Health Order 20-22
• 03-15-2020 Coronavirus Update: What's the Plan?
• 03-13-2020 Coronavirus Update: Isolated Person Tests Negative For Coronavirus
• 03-11-2020 Coronavirus Update: COVID-19 Positive Traveler in La Junta
• Otero County Health Department Pandemic Plan Overview
• 03-08-2020 Coronavirus Update: To Mask Or Not To Mask?
• 03-06-2020 Coronavirus Update: Facts for Coloradans
• 03-02-2020 Coronavirus Update: Be Prepared, Not Scared!