Colorado Springs School Illness Watch

Report for October 30, 2026 — view the latest report

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Snapshot as of October 30, 2026

Summary

No change today Flu & COVID rising RV/EV 19.2% (still high)

No change since the 10/29 check. No new CDC NREVSS week (latest still 10/17, posted 10/23) and El Paso “What’s Going Around” remains discontinued (archive ends 9/20/2025). The CDPHE dashboard host could not be reached today, so the figures below are the 10/28 weekly update carried forward (next update expected 11/4 after 4pm MT). From that update: influenza and COVID-19 were rising (flu positivity 6.23%, COVID 3.90%), wastewater SARS-CoV-2 rising in 8 of 22 utilities (not a majority), RSV minimal. Region 8 rhinovirus/enterovirus is 19.2% (week of 10/17), falling but still high circulation — the type behind her September admission — even though CDPHE labels overall activity Very Low.

Other respiratory viruses — HHS Region 8 (CDC NREVSS)

VirusWk ending 10/17Wk ending 10/10Trend
Rhinovirus/enterovirus (RV/EV)19.23%21.38%Falling, −2.2 pts; still high
HMPV0.11%0.20%Flat / negligible
Parainfluenza (PIV)2.35%2.55%Flat
Adenovirus1.18%1.12%Flat

Regional lab test positivity (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY), not Colorado Springs-specific. Week ending 10/17/2026, posted 10/23/2026 (prior weeks revised). RV/EV has run ~17–25% since late August.

Colorado statewide — CDPHE viral respiratory report

Overall activity: Very Low
PathogenED visitsSentinel lab positivity
COVID-190.29% (▲0.03)3.90% (▲1.39)
Influenza0.72% (▲0.15)6.23% (▲1.93)
RSV0.01% (▼0.01)0.16% (▼0.16)
WastewaterUtilities detectedMonitored
SARS-CoV-2 (rising)822
Influenza222
RSV222

Carried forward from 10/29 read of the embedded Tableau dashboard (weekly update of 10/28); dashboard host unreachable on 10/30. Changes shown vs. prior week. Wastewater (updated Wed/Fri): SARS-CoV-2 rising 8/22 (was 7), flu 2/22 (was 0), RSV 2/22 (was 1). Colorado Springs utility not listed individually on the home page. Next weekly update expected 11/4 after 4pm MT.

El Paso County — local data

Communicable Disease Data Dashboard: main data and animal bite/exposure updated 10/14/2026; seasonal respiratory data updated 10/28/2026. Respiratory hospitalizations, week ending 10/24/2026: influenza ~13 (~11 prior week), COVID-19 ~8 (~3 prior), RSV 0 (~1 prior) — read from chart 10/29, approximate (not re-read 10/30). Next main update: second Wednesday of November.

"What's Going Around" bulletin: checked 10/30; archive still ends with the issue published Sept. 20, 2025. No new issue has appeared.

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