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 202,220 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 906 total deaths as of Wednesday, according to the Utah Department of Health. That’s an increase of 4,004 cases from Tuesday. Seventeen new deaths were reported, with a previous one being removed from the total count.

Here are the latest numbers.

• Total number of COVID-19 cases: 202,220
• Total reported people tested: 1,441,659
• Total COVID-19 hospitalizations: 8,423
• Current COVID-19 hospitalizations: 571
• Total COVID-19 deaths: 906
• Single-day high for reported cases: 4,588 (Nov. 20)
• Single-day high for reported deaths: 26 (Nov. 25)

Recently

• The state reported 2,043 COVID-19 cases and 14 more deaths on Saturday. “While the seven-day average has fallen since it reached above 3,000 cases earlier this week, it’s too early to tell if the state is seeing a decline in cases as testing facilities were closed on Thursday, and some are running with reduced hours over the holiday weekend,” according to the Deseret News.
• On Friday, the state reported a two-day total of 6,142 new COVID-19 cases and 15 additional deaths in Utah. Numbers were not reported on Thursday, the Thanksgiving holiday.
• Utahns can anticipate a “June or July time frame” for COVID-19 vaccines, a health official said. Dosages will be available first for high-priority groups such as hospital staff.

Worldwide

Globally, the novel coronavirus pandemic has now infected 63,360,234 and killed 1,475,825 people as of Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization.

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