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DENVER — Three weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado’s testing capacity has been severely strained by federal guidelines that limit the number of tests that can be run each day.
As of Wednesday, Colorado is only able to test about 400 people a day, or roughly 13% of the state’s population, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Though state health officials have worked to develop a process to quickly expand the testing capacity, Gov. Jared Polis said it’s been a struggle to get the resources needed to ramp up the process.
“We’re using every possible resource. We’re working around the clock. We’re working with folks in the military, with the CDC, with state agencies, we’re working with the federal government and we’re doing everything we can,” Polis said. “This is a national problem and we’re all working to try to solve this as a team.”
Polis urged residents to be patient and trust the process because those resources are being utilized to the best of their ability.
“It takes time to build the capacity and we’re going to have to be patient as we go through this period,” Polis said.
Officials at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment acknowledge the testing backlog has continued to grow, as has the number of those who are currently experiencing symptoms.
“We do want to remind people that a lot of people are very ill,” said Dr. Kristen Hagy, the state’s chief medical officer. “We understand that there’s uncertainty and anxiety about this, but we really need the public’s support.”
Hagy said the state’s testing capacity is working as it should, with a handful of people tested every day. But as the number of tests increase, the state is trying to scale up testing capacity to 400 per day.
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