Though Ouray County continues to confirm more cases of COVID-19, the vaccination rate also has increased recently.

The county currently has 70.7% of its eligible resident vaccinated with at least one dose of the vaccine and 66.2% of the eligible population completely vaccinated according to the county health department.

As of Tuesday, Ouray County has had a total of 344 positive COVID-19 tests since the beginning of the pandemic.

Public Health Director Tanner Kingery addressed the Board of County C...