Gov. Polis holds night of remembrance on 1 year anniversary of COVID-19 in Colorado

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DENVER — To mark one year since Colorado confirmed its first COVID-19 case, Governor Jared Polis invited Coloradans across the state to join in on a virtual "Evening of Remembrance."

To date, nearly 6,000 Coloradans have died from COVID-19. More than 430,000 people in the state have contracted the virus in the last calendar year.

At 6:30 p.m. on March 5, Governor Polis delivered an address to the state about COVID-19. Rocky Mountain PBS streamed the address live on our Facebook page.

Before that, a WWII-era aircraft performed a flyover over the state capitol building at 4:30 p.m.

Here is more information on the event from the governor’s office: 

If you have building lights, turn them magenta at 6:00 PM. Magenta represents universal love: compassion and kindness.

If communities are able to and feel it's safe, that police and fire departments turn their lights on at 6:00 PM for one minute.

Cities, counties, organizations, businesses participating (will be updated on a rolling basis) include: 

  • Ridgeway 
  • Windsor 
  • Golden
  • Northglenn 
  • Aurora
  • Bennett
  • Superior
  • Pueblo
  • Centennial
  • Snowmass Village
  • Blue River
  • Fruita
  • Glenwood Springs
  • Colorado Springs
  • Arapahoe County
  • El Paso County
  • Denver
  • Durango
  • Boulder
  • Fort Collins
  • Ophir
  • Brighton
  • Commerce City
  • Arvada
  • Nederland
  • Denver Broncos - Empower Field at Mile High 
  • Colorado Rockies - Coors Field
  • Colorado State Capitol