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 114,656 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 604 total deaths as of Saturday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 1,724 cases from Friday. Three new deaths were reported.

Here are the latest numbers.

• Total number of COVID-19 cases: 114,656
• Total reported people tested: 1,081,823
• Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 5,463
• Current COVID-19 hospitalizations: 317
• Total COVID-19 deaths: 604
• Single-day high for reported cases: 2,292 (Oct. 30)
• Single-day high for reported deaths: 15 (Oct. 2)

Recently

• On Friday, the state smashed its record for new cases with 2,292.
• On Thursday, Utah reported 10 more deaths for the second day in a row.
• On Sunday, hospital officials said the state might soon need to implement crisis standards of care after a week of record case counts and hospitalizations.

Worldwide

Globally, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 45,428,731 and killed 1,185,721 people as of Saturday, according to the World Health Organization.

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