COVID-19

Amid the COVID surge, Summit and Salt Lake County passed new mask mandates, but Monday Governor Cox exempted state-run facilities from requiring them. Read how healthcare workers are reacting to this exemption.

In response to the expected spike in COVID cases over the weekend and last week’s record number of new cases, Intermountain healthcare physicians provided an update Monday on the current COVID surge.

As a result of the COVID surge, the Sundance Film Festival cancels all in-person screenings. Plus COVID numbers and the incorporation of a new Utah city: Erda.

A team of researchers, led by University of Illinois- Chicago Professor Tim Johnson, has systematically surveyed biologists, biochemists, and engineers at research institutions around the United States to discover how the pandemic has affected STEM researchers.

As of Saturday, the Cannon Health Building, Bountiful, Timpanogos Regional Hospital and West Jordan testing sites will be by appointment only. At all sites, you must arrive at least an hour early to get tested. No tests will be given after the deadline.

A Salt Lake County mask mandate was issued Friday by Health Executive Director Dr. Angela Dunn. The mandate took effect at midnight and will be in place for thirty days, ending at 5 p.m. on Feb. 7. It requires masks in all indoor public spaces.

Utah public health officials addressed the spiking Omicron surge and record number of COVID cases in Utah Thursday.

The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Utah, but little is known about how this variant is different from the others.

The Utah Department of Health on Wednesday reported 15 more people have died from COVID-19. One of the deaths was a boy between the ages of 1 - 14, according to the department.

Utah doctors have added the flu to an increasing list of ailments Utahns could experience this winter.