Ouray County’s move to a lower level of pandemic restrictions has been delayed by a spike in positive cases and a decrease in testing, pushing the rate of positive tests too high to qualify for the change.

While Public Health Director Tanner Kingery had hoped to move to level yellow this week, which would allow businesses and restaurants to move from 25 percent capacity to 50 percent, the percent positivity rate spiked into the state’s level red over the weekend. To qualify to move from orang...