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.
This page was last updated on: 05-22-2020
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
- 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
- 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!