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Coronavirus Takes Life Of 5th Person As It Spreads In Utah

Health officials say a woman who was in hospice care in a long-term facility became the fifth person to die in Utah after contracting the coronavirus,  State epidemiologist Angela Dunn said Tuesday the woman died in the Weber-Morgan County area and no one else has tested positive in connection with her. Meanwhile, a case of the virus reported in central Utah means there's at least one in every health district statewide. Nearly 900 people in Utah have the virus.  The governor says there are just 27,000 protective masks in the state and more than 2 million are needed