Coronavirus: Utah responds to the pandemic

Ruby Van Wagenen, 11, is held by her mother as she is tested for COVID-19 by medical assistant Nicole Paepke at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo on Friday, May 8, 2020. In an effort to help address COVID-19 hot spots that have been identified in Utah County, the Intermountain Healthcare Coronavirus Mobile Testing Unit provided testing to area residents. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Utah has seen 93,297 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 540 total deaths as of Saturday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 1,340 cases from Friday. Three new deaths were reported.

Here are the latest numbers.

• Total number of COVID-19 cases: 93,297
• Total reported people tested: 966,451
• Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 4,610
• Total COVID-19 deaths: 540
• Single-day high for reported cases: 1,501 (Oct. 8)
• Single-day high for reported deaths: 15 (Oct. 2)

Recently

On Friday, the state saw its third largest daily increase of coronavirus patients. It was another “sobering day” for Utah.

Worldwide

Globally, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 39,023,292 and killed 1,099,586 people as of Saturday, according to the World Health Organization.

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