Commissioners respond to CDPHE COVID-19 Safer at Home Dial Level Change
On Friday, Oct. 30, the Board of Douglas County Commissioners issued the following statement regarding the notification by CDPHE of Douglas County’s COVID-19 Safer at Home Dial Level Change:
“On Thursday, Oct. 29, we learned the state of Colorado moved Douglas County from Level 1 to the more restrictive Level 2 on the state’s Safer at Home Dial effective immediately, based primarily on COVID-19 case numbers, positivity, and incidence rate. Our Board’s focus is on the health of our citizens and our economy, paired with a renewed request to state decision-makers that they also consider actual severity (hospitalizations and deaths), a more accurate layer of science to enhance the Dial metric’s validity, and which public health experts have continued to request. Douglas County will continue to partner with Tri-County Health Department and like-minded local, regional and statewide leadership for this science-driven severity metric, while also advocating aggressively for the behaviors that reduce COVID-19 transmission.”
Visit the Douglas County COVID-19 Community Response and Variances page for more information.
Summary of Capacity Differences Between Level 1 and Level 2 in Douglas County, Colorado
Effective immediately, must be completely implemented no later than 5:00 PM on November 4
| Business or Activity | Safer at Home Level 1 with Variances | Safer at Home Level 2 |
| Events (receptions, conferences, etc.) | 50% capacity per room up to 175 or 250 outdoors | 100 indoors per room or 175 outdoors |
| Gyms | 50% capacity per room up to 175 | 25% capacity up to 50 per room |
| Indoor Mall | 50% capacity per room up to 175 | Same as Level 1. Park Meadows variance stays in place. |
| Indoor Pools | 50% capacity per room up to 175 | 25% capacity up to 50 per room |
| Libraries | 50% capacity per room up to 175 | 100 indoors per room |
| Office-based Business, Critical | Must follow social distancing requirements and statewide mask mandate | Same as Level 1 |
| Office-based Business, non-critical |
Allowed to operate with staff at up to 50% capacity | Same as Level 1 |
| Personal Services (spas, salons, etc.) | 50% capacity per room up to 50 | Same as Level 1 |
| Places of Worship and Life Rites | 50% capacity per room up to 175 | 50% capacity per room up to 50. Extra-large spaces (at least 30k SF) up to 100 |
| Restaurants | 50% capacity per room up to 175 | 50% capacity per room up to 50 |
| Retail, Critical (groceries, home improvement, pharmacies, etc.) | Must follow social distancing requirements and statewide mask mandate | Same as Level 1 |
| Retail, Non-critical | 50% capacity | Same as Level 1 |
| Social Gatherings | Up to 10, no more than 2 household | Up to 10, no more than 2 household |
| Team Sports | Up to 50 players | Up to 25 players |