Health experts release new statewide report showing COVID-19 cases are on the decline

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- State health experts at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, along with the Colorado School of Public Health, released a report indicating COVID-19 infections are expected to decline.

The data was gathered from an expert group of modeling scientists from universities across the state.

State epidemiologists say COVID-19 infections have been declining for the last several weeks in Colorado. Experts say they expect it to continue this way for six to eight weeks, through early October.

“COVID-19 infections have been declining for several weeks which is good news for Coloradans and we expect it to continue this way through early October,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist, in a press release. “However, we've learned that COVID-19 is unpredictable and new variants could emerge. We continue to monitor closely for several emerging variants and subvariants.”

This is despite an increase in contact rates among people at the beginning of the new school year. Experts say the dominant BA.5 variant has a growth advantage over the previously dominant BA.2.

Scientists do say, however, that they'll continue to monitor for emerging variants and sub-variants since COVID-19 is unpredictable.

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