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Cold, Icy Weather Forces Some COVID-19 Testing Sites To Close Or Delay Opening

(CBS4) - The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced several COVID-19 testing sites will close or start late on Wednesday, Jan. 26. The state says cold temperatures and expected icy conditions are to blame.

The following sites will be closed:

  • La Veta Fire Protection - La veta
  • Clayton Early Learning  - Denver

The following sites will open at 10 a.m.:

  • All City Stadium - Denver
  • Aurora Public Schools Professional Learning Office - Aurora
  • Centaurus High School - Lafayette
  • Colorado School of Mines - Golden
  • Echo Park Stadium - Parker
  • George Washington High School - Denver
  • Instructional Support Facility - Aurora
  • Jefferson County Fairgrounds - Golden
  • Red Rocks Community College - Lakewood
  • SVVSD Innovation Center - Longmont
  • Clear Creek Valley Park - Arvada
  • Dr. MLK Early College - Denver
  • Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy - Denver
  • Our Lady Mother of the Church - Commerce City
  • Southwest Plaza - Littleton
  • Aims College - Greeley
  • SOAR Academy - Englewood
  • Clear Creek - Idaho Springs
  • Rocky Mountain Prep - Denver
  • Fort Morgan Lincoln Street - Fort Morgan
  • Riverdale Regional Park - Brighton
  • Jefferson County Fairgrounds - Golden

Those with appointments will be given information about rescheduling.

Colorado's seven day testing positivity rate is down to 23.6% as of Jan. 25. The state's hospitals currently have 535 ICU beds available.

Gov. Jared Polis addressed the amount of time to get at-home tests. He says the program might end soon.

"Once we're confident that the federal at-home instant test delivery program works well, we plan to roll ours into theirs and discontinue it as a state, but we haven't seen that yet. We want to make sure that that is reliable that people can get to test for free," said Polis.

Find more updates at covid19.colorado.gov.

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