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 190,044 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 849 total deaths as of Friday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 6,142 cases from Wednesday. New cases and deaths were not reported on Thursday, a national holiday. Fifteen new deaths were reported.

Here are the latest numbers.

• Total number of COVID-19 cases: 190,044
• Total reported people tested: 1,404,641
• Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 7,948
• Current COVID-19 hospitalizations: 569
• Total COVID-19 deaths: 849
• Single-day high for reported cases: 4,588 (Nov. 20)
• Single-day high for reported deaths: 26 (Nov. 25)

Recently

• Utahns can anticipate a “June or July time frame” for COVID-19 vaccines, a health official said Wednesday. Dosages will be available first for high-priority groups such as hospital staff.

Worldwide

Globally, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 60,534,526 and killed 1,426,101 people as of Friday, according to the World Health Organization.

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