Colorado records more than 10,000 COVID-19 deaths

Colorado’s COVID-19 death count jumped to more than 10,000 on Tuesday, the same day the U.S. reached more than 800,000 deaths in the pandemic. 

The state health department data showed 10,018 people have died from the coronavirus in Colorado throughout the pandemic. 

Colorado has had more than 860,000 cases and more than 49,000 hospitalized during the past almost two years of the pandemic. 

State health officials have said many of the deaths have been among unvaccinated individuals, with 200 to 300 of the deaths estimated to be from people outside the state who ended up in Colorado hospitals, The Denver Post reported. 

State data shows 89 percent of the cases have been from the delta variant, with the state only recently finding its first case of the new omicron variant. 

Almost 69 percent of those who are eligible for the vaccine in Colorado are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus. 

The milestone number of deaths in Colorado comes the same day the U.S. marks 800,000 COVID-19 deaths.

“As we head into the winter and confront a new variant, we must resolve to keep fighting this virus together. This means getting vaccinated and getting your booster shot, and taking other prevention measures, such as masking,” Biden said in a statement addressing the deaths.