The state of Colorado continues to implement Colorado’s Roadmap to Moving Forward with the closure of additional testing sites at the end of the month. This continues the gradual transition to normalize COVID-19 testing in traditional healthcare settings and through federal programs including the Test to Treat program and free, at-home rapid tests available at COVIDTests.gov. The remaining state-run sites have a total capacity of 8,000 tests a day, with the ability to scale up to roughly 17,000 tests per day in a surge state. CDPHE’s testing vendors can increase staff and capacity with a seven to 14 day lead time.
“Currently, the state is processing approximately 2,200 tests per day. Under the operational plan beginning July 1, this would represent a little more than 25% of the 8,000 tests per day planned capacity. We feel confident in this transition, especially with the ability to surge to 17,000 tests per day should we need to,” said Scott Bookman, COVID-19 Incident Commander, CDPHE. “CDPHE prioritized location, equity and site traffic in order to keep the testing sites with the most utility available to Coloradans.”
Similar to flu or other endemic communicable diseases, diagnostic testing, treatment, and vaccination services are now more accessible through health care providers. Additionally,COVID-19 testing is available through multiple federal programs including COVIDTests.gov, a pharmacy-commercial laboratory partnership titled Increased Community Access to Testing (ICATT), and the Test to Treat program. Test to Treat allows people to get tested for COVID-19, get a prescription for treatment from a health care provider, and have their prescription filled all at one location if they are positive and treatments are appropriate. Coloradans can find COVID testing sites on CDPHE’s testing map, which will be updated to reflect the July 1 closures.
CDPHE is committed to providing a safety net of services to those most at risk as a part of a future emergency surge response. This includes a reserve of over-the-counter rapid tests for community distribution, testing options dedicated to residential care settings, and the ability to increase staffing in a two-to-four week time frame should the state need to increase capacity at existing sites. The state is also working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to build on lessons learned from the last academic year to deploy a school testing program that optimizes testing for the 2022-2023 school year.
Community Testing sites closing on June 30:
Antonito Town Hall – Antonito, Conejos County
Ascension Catholic Church – Denver, Denver County
Aurora Public Schools – Aurora, Arapahoe county
Centaurus High School – Lafayette, Boulder County
Centennial Mall – Craig, Moffat County
Citadel Mall – Colorado Springs, El Paso County
Clayton Early Learning – Denver, Denver County
Colorado Mountain College – Breckenridge, Summit County
Colorado School of Mines – Golden, Jefferson County
Convenient Care Community Clinic – Alamosa, Alamosa County
Cripple Creek Parks and Recreation – Cripple Creek, Teller County
Crowley County Nursing Center – Ordway, Crowley County
Custer County Public Health – Westcliffe, Custer County
Estes Park Museum – Estes Park, Larimer County
Fort Lewis College – Durango, La Plata County
Garfield County Public Health – Glenwood Springs, Garfield County
George Washington High School – Denver, Denver County
Gilpin County Public Health – Blackhawk, Gilpin County
Gunnison Valley Hospital – Gunnison, Gunnison County
Health and Human Services Building – Rifle, Garfield County
Holyoke Event Center – Holyoke, Phillips County
Julesburg Hippodrome – Julesburg, Sedgwick County
Kunsmiller Creative Arts – Denver, Denver County
La Jara Town Hall – La jara, Conejos County
Lincoln Street – Fort Morgan, Morgan County
NCHD Morgan Community College – Fort Morgan, Logan County
Nederland Community Center – Nederland, Boulder County
NJC Yuma – Yuma, Yuma County
Northeast Early College – Denver, Denver County
Northeastern Junior College – Sterling, Logan County
Pagosa Springs Medical Center – Pagosa Springs, Archuleta County
Park County Public Health – Bailey, Park County
Pueblo County Fairgrounds – Pueblo, Pueblo County
Rio Blanco Public Health – Meeker, Rio Blanco
Rio Blanco County Human Services – Rangely, Rio Blanco
Riverdale Regional Park – Brighton, Adams County
Rocky Ford Public Safety Building, Rocky Ford, Otero County
Routt County Justice Center – Steamboat Springs, Routt County
SOAR Academy – Englewood, Arapahoe County
Southeast Colorado Hospital – Springfield, Baca County
Sykes – Sterling, Logan County
Trinidad Community Center – Trinidad, Las Animas
Tru-Vu Drive-In Theater – Delta, Delta County
Walsenburg Train Depot- Walsenburg, Huerfano
Washington County Fairgrounds – Akron, Washington County
Weld County Southwest Service Center – Longmont, Weld County
Westwood Unidos – Denver, Denver County
Wiggins Community Church – Wiggins, Morgan County
Continue to stay up to date by visiting covid19.colorado.gov.