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

Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee, Rep. Ben McAdams and Gov. Gary Herbert have been key figures as the Beehive State responds to COVID-19

Utah Department of Health

The coronavirus count in Utah as of Monday, Oct. 5, 2020.

Utah has seen 78,723 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 482 total deaths as of Monday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 1,105 cases from Sunday. Four new deaths were reported.

Fifteen deaths were reported on Friday.

“The number of deaths we report each day does not mean these deaths all occurred in the past 24 hours,” Utah Department of Health’s Director of Communications Tom Hudachko wrote in a press release Oct. 2.

He went on to explain that the numbers take some time to report: “This is due to the time it takes for deaths to be reported by hospitals, long-term care facilities, or funeral homes to the Office of the Medical Examiner (OME), and for the OME to conduct its death investigation.”

• Total number of COVID-19 cases: 78,723
• Total reported people tested: 866,180
• Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 4,019
• Total COVID-19 deaths: 482
• Single-day high for reported cases: 1,411 (Sept. 25)
• Single-day high for reported deaths: 15 (Oct. 2)

Worldwide, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 35,109,317 and killed 1,035,341 people as of Monday, according to the World Health Organization.

The respiratory illness is especially hard on those who are elderly, immune-compromised or who have chronic health conditions. Children are not severely ill with COVID-19, as the resulting illness is called, unless they have an underlying condition, but they can transmit the illness.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one of many government agencies providing extensive resources and advice on managing this coronavirus.

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