Watch At 1:30 p.m. On CBS4 & CBSN Denver: Gov. Jared Polis To Discuss Coronavirus Response

DENVER (CBS4) - Gov. Jared Polis will discuss how Colorado's response to the coronavirus pandemic is going in a news conference at the Colorado State Capitol on Monday afternoon.

Polis is scheduled to speak at 1:30 p.m. You can watch it on CBS4 as well as on CBSN Denver.

Last week it was announced that health care facilities in Colorado will receive a combined $11 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to expand capacity for COVID-19 testing. On Friday, Polis signed an executive order extending the state's disaster emergency declaration for coronavirus.

Colorado remains under a statewide safer-at-home order due to the virus. There have been nearly 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in Colorado since the outbreak began.