It’s a fourteener. But one that no one enjoys.
Instead of a sky-scraping Colorado peak, over 14,000 is the number of Coloradans who have been hospitalized with a viral respiratory disease since Oct. 1, 2024.
That figure includes those admitted with COVID-19 (4,998), influenza (5,478) or RSV (4,134), according to the state health department’s viral respiratory disease dashboard…