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Montezuma County Commissioner Joel Stevenson has died, after a weeks’ long battle with COVID-19. And it’s taken less than a week for Colorado lawmakers to start engaging in some of the first shouting matches of their new legislative session.

The total, estimated by researchers at the University of Washington, is 57% higher than the official death toll. Worldwide, they said, COVID-19 deaths are nearing 7 million, twice the official total.