Garfield County Public Health is aware of an increased amount of cases of the Delta COVID-19 variant in neighboring Mesa County and has identified six confirmed individuals in Garfield County who have tested positive for the variant over the past three weeks. Not all positive cases are sequenced for variants, meaning the actual number of infections is much higher. Public health is asking anyone who has not yet been vaccinated to please do so to protect themselves, their loved ones, and the community as a whole. The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), which originated in