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Utah reports 827 new coronavirus cases Monday - Salt Lake Tribune

Utah reports 827 new coronavirus cases Monday - Salt Lake Tribune

Utah reports 827 new coronavirus cases Monday - Salt Lake Tribune
Sep 28, 2020 1 min, 31 secs

For the past week, the Utah Department of Health has tallied 1,001 new positive test results per day on average — continuing a streak of new record highs that began earlier this month as cases surged among young adults.

On average, 177 patients have been receiving treatment in Utah hospitals each day for the past week — continuing a two-week increase but still below the peak average of 211 patients hospitalized each day at the end of July.

There were 1,955 cases linked to schools as of Monday, with 960 of those within the past two weeks, the state reported.

The number of school-related cases marks a sharp increase from Sunday — but the state on Monday began including any patient who has spent more than 15 minutes in a school within two weeks of symptoms developing, said Health Department spokesman Tom Hudachko; before Monday, the state was including only cases where the patients were in contact with at least one other confirmed case in a school.

The virus continued to spread quickly in Utah County, which recorded 356 new cases Monday — the most of any county or health district in the state.

For the past seven days, Utah County has averaged 67 new cases a day per 100,000 people, more than double the statewide average of 31.

Utah Valley University reported 233 cases as of Friday, up from 198 the week before.

Meanwhile, Salt Lake County tallied 295 new cases Monday, with a seven-day average of 32 new daily cases per 100,000 people.

Small-area case numbers, reported by the state, show Utah’s worst outbreaks still are in Provo and Orem — an area gaining about 95 new cases each day for every 100,000 people living there.

As of Monday, all of Utah County north of Spanish Fork was averaging more than 35 daily cases per 100,000 residents — even cities like Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs, which are separated from the university towns by Utah Lake.

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