What Denver is doing to avoid a major uptick in Covid-19 cases

Denver is averaging more than 1,100 Covid-19 tests per day, putting it on track for where it wants to be, Mayor Michael Hancock said during a public health update on June 24. Most importantly, the city has a positive test rate of about 3%, which is below the 5% limit the city needs to have in order to keep lifting restrictions on businesses and other activities. Keeping track of this data is part of Denver’s plan to keep from seeing the large spike in Covid-19 cases states like Florida and…