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 121,485 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 625 total deaths as of Wednesday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 2,110 cases from Tuesday. Five new deaths were reported.

Here are the latest numbers.

• Total number of COVID-19 cases: 121,485
• Total reported people tested: 1,111,986
• Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 5,755
• Current COVID-19 hospitalizations: 382
• Total COVID-19 deaths: 625
• Single-day high for reported cases: 2,292 (Oct. 30)
• Single-day high for reported deaths: 15 (Oct. 2)

Recently

• On Saturday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert called Utah’s situation “critical” after the state reported 1,724 new cases.
• 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.

Worldwide

Globally, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 47,362,304 and killed 1,211,986 people as of Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization.

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