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Find the latest information on the Coronavirus outbreak in Utah, including public health measures, contact information, news updates, and more.

2,297 COVID cases reported and 17 new deaths in Utah Wednesday

Utah reported nearly 2,300 cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, along with 17 additional deaths.The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is now at 1,204 per day. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 14.3% and the rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests'' is 9.5%.

 

Among the new cases, school-aged children accounted for 444 of them. 226 cases were children ages 5-10, 102 cases in children ages 11-13, and 116 cases in children ages 14-18.

 

514 people in Utah are currently hospitalized with COVID-19.

 
With 17 additional deaths reported, Utah’s death toll now stands at 3,545.

Tyler Hewitt is the web/social media assistant at UPR. He writes stories every day, updates the website and manages the station's Twitter and Facebook pages. Tyler is a senior at Utah State University and is studying public relations, marketing, and psychology. He loves to write, listen to music, play video games, play tennis and hang out with his fiancé and cat, Juno. He is a great plant dad and recently started collecting vinyl records!