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COLORADO <br />Department of Public <br />Health & Environment <br />SEVENTH AMENDED PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER 20-36 <br />COVID-19 DIAL <br />February 12, 2021 <br />PURPOSE OF THE ORDER <br />I issue this Public Health Order (PHO or Order) pursuant to the Governor's directive in <br />Executive Order D 2020 235, amended and extended by D 2020 265, D 2020 289, and D 2021 <br />023 in response to the existence of thousands of confirmed and presumptive cases of <br />Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related deaths across the State of Colorado. This <br />Order implements levels of restrictions for individuals, businesses and activities to prevent the <br />spread of COVID-19 further in Colorado. <br />FINDINGS <br />1. Governor Polis issued Executive Order D 2020 003 on March 11, 2020, declaring a <br />disaster emergency in Colorado due to the presence of COVID-19. Since that time, the <br />Governor has taken numerous steps to implement measures to mitigate the spread of disease <br />within Colorado, and has further required that several public health orders be issued to <br />implement his orders. <br />2. I have issued public health orders pertaining to the limitation of visitors and nonessential <br />individuals in skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and assisted living <br />residences; defining the terms of the Governor's Stay at Home, Safer at Home, and Protect <br />our Neighbors requirements as well as Critical Business designations; requiring hospitals to <br />report information relevant to the COVID-19 response; and requiring the wearing of face <br />coverings in the workplace and urging their use in public. These measures all act in concert to <br />reduce the exposure of individuals to disease, and are necessary steps to protect the health and <br />welfare of the public. Additionally, in reducing the spread of disease, these requirements help to <br />preserve the medical resources needed for those in our communities who fall ill and require <br />medical treatment, thus protecting both the ill patients and the healthcare workers who <br />courageously continue to treat patients. <br />3. As of February 12, 2021, there have been 411,774 known cases of COVID-19 in <br />Colorado, 22,703 Coloradans have been hospitalized and 5,581 Coloradans have died from <br />16 <br />