While it's too early to tell whether Utah's new state of emergency will have any effect on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bear River Health Department continues to report increasing rates of the virus.
The district reported 97 new lab-confirmed cases on Tuesday, bringing the 7-day rolling average of new cases to 127. Which Cache County usually reports the largest increase in the three-county district, only 37 of Tuesday's new cases came from Cache and 59 came from Box Elder. Rich County reported one new case. Read the rest of the story on HJnews.com.
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