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 132,621 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 659 total deaths as of Sunday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 2,386 cases from Saturday. One new death was reported.

Here are the latest numbers.

• Total number of COVID-19 cases: 132,621
• Total reported people tested: 1,158,817
• Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 6,084
• Current COVID-19 hospitalizations: 424
• Total COVID-19 deaths: 659
• Single-day high for reported cases: 2,987 (Nov. 6)
• Single-day high for reported deaths: 17 (Nov. 6)

Recently

• “The spread is happening in our homes and it is killing people and overwhelming our hospitals,” Gov.-elect Spencer Cox said Thursday, imploring that people exercise proper precautions in their homes such as social distancing, mask-wearing and washing of hands if an uncle, neighbor, grandchild or friend pops by.
• On Saturday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert called Utah’s situation “critical” after the state reported 1,724 new cases.

Worldwide

Globally, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 49,578,590 and killed 1,245,717 people as of Sunday, according to the World Health Organization.

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