After a period of decline and stabilization, Utah has seen a significant increase in the number of individuals testing positive for coronavirus. As the number of people with active coronavirus...
Based on the last few days of testing, the number of Utahns with active cases of coronavirus is increasing. It is difficult to determine whether this increase is a function...
We continue to watch the coronavirus numbers statewide, with a close view on Salt Lake County—where the majority of our University of Utah community lives. Positive test and hospitalization trends...
The keywords this week are “leveled off but stable.” Fewer symptomatic people are presenting for PCR testing at our community clinics. Our focus and attention expand to our campus community...
As students return to campus, positive trends continue in our endeavors to slow the spread of coronavirus in the state and county. Thanks to the efforts of many, we have...
The number of new coronavirus positive tests continues to decrease in Utah. Currently, less than three in a thousand Utahns have an active coronavirus infection.
Once one person becomes infected, there is a 12% likelihood that someone they are living with will become infected, too, according to University of Utah’s Utah HERO phase one study.
Coming together as a community, it appears we are successfully slowing the spread of coronavirus in our state. The number of Utahns infected with coronavirus continues to fall and the...
We recognize the struggle many working parents face during this pandemic. Supporting the childcare needs of our employees is an urgent priority and critically important to the core missions of...
We share cautious optimism that the impact of our own individual behaviors—masking, social distance, hygiene, and staying home when sick—appear to be positively impacting Utah’s coronavirus trends. Positive cases, positivity...
Utah’s declining case trends indicate that we may be seeing a leveling off of positive tests in our state. Our real-time reproductive number is currently tracking below one—a critical level...
We have seen a few days of decreased new coronavirus cases—although our transmission rate continues to be high. Hospitalizations across the state continue to rise, but county-level data suggests that...
Our state has seen a steady rise in both the seven-day average of daily COVID positive cases and subsequent hospitalizations. Time delays in the different measures of this pandemic—patients with...
On March 13, Clement Chow found himself on the leading edge of a tidal wave as one of the first COVID-19 cases in Utah. Read his survivor story and about...