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Sunday COVID-19 Numbers For Utah

Sunday COVID-19 Numbers For Utah

SALT LAKE CITY-Sunday, the Utah Department of Health released the daily numbers for COVID-19 in the Beehive State. There have been 7,238 positive tests for COVID-19 in Utah. This is an increase of 170 positive tests from Saturday’s totals and an increase of 15 net positive tests in the past […]

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Utah mayor approves concert despite coronavirus restrictions

Utah mayor approves concert despite coronavirus restrictions

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican Utah mayor will allow a country music concert protest event later this month, defying newly loosened health rules aimed at slowing the coronavirus pandemic. Kaysville Mayor Katie Witt acknowledged Thursday the May 30 event would violate current state directives but told the Salt Lake […]

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Arizona county leads in COVID-19-cases on Navajo Nation

Arizona county leads in COVID-19-cases on Navajo Nation

APACHE COUNTY, Ariz. (AP)-Arizona’s Apache County has now surpasses neighboring McKinley County in New Mexico as having the most COIVD-19 cases on the Navajo Nation. Health officials reported 141 additional COVID-19 cases with eight additional deaths on the tribe’s sprawling reservation that has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. […]

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Officials release edited coronavirus reopening guidance

Officials release edited coronavirus reopening guidance

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted six one-page “decision tool” documents that use traffic signs and other graphics to […]

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Utah Shifts To Yellow With The Exception of Wasatch County, Other Select Areas

Utah Shifts To Yellow With The Exception of Wasatch County, Other Select Areas

SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Utah, per the approval of Gov. Gary Herbert, made the transition from “orange” to “yellow” as was confirmed during a state Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Utah State Capitol Building. Maj. Gen. Jefferson S. Burton of the Utah National Guard confirmed that the transition from orange […]

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Navajo Nation president: Still not safe to go out in public

Navajo Nation president: Still not safe to go out in public

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Additional deaths and COVID-19 cases on the Navajo Nation’s sprawling reservation indicates it’s still not safe for residents to go out in public, the tribe’s president said. The tribal health department late Wednesday reported 147 more confirmed COVID-19 cases with 16 additional deaths from the […]

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Utah Statistics For COVID-19 Tuesday

Utah Statistics For COVID-19 Tuesday

SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, the latest COVID-19 statistics were released by the Utah Department of Health. There have been 6,432 positive tests for Utah as of Tuesday’s results. This is an increase of 70, the first time positive net cases in a single day have decreased below triple digits in several […]

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Saturday Statistics For COVID-19 In Utah

Saturday Statistics For COVID-19 In Utah

SALT LAKE CITY-Saturday, the latest numbers for COVID-19 cases in the Beehive State were released. Presently, 6,101 Utahns have tested positive for COVID-19 which is an increase of 184 cases from the previous day. However, this is a decrease of 11 from the previous day’s net total. 143,294 Utahns have […]

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Feeling your pain? Virus reaches into the lives of Congress

Feeling your pain? Virus reaches into the lives of Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — A husband coughing up blood. A sister close to death. Another friend felled by the coronavirus. The beat against Congress has always been that its members are out of touch with average Americans. But that’s not true when it comes to the brutality of COVID-19 and its […]

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Coronavirus crisis exacts toll on people with disabilities

Coronavirus crisis exacts toll on people with disabilities

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Even before the coronavirus hit, cystic fibrosis meant a cold could put Jacob Hansen in the hospital for weeks. He relies on hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes to stay healthy because he also has cerebral palsy and can’t easily wash his hands from his wheelchair, […]

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