Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah — Utah health officials are holding their breath, waiting to see what sort of impact holiday activities and travel have on the COVID-19 case count. An Intermountain Healthcare expert, though, expects the numbers to bump northward when the trends start shaking out, probably in mid- to late-January.

OGDEN, Utah– Utah’s Monday coronavirus report reflected just 1,484 positive tests and only 4,737 total tests since Sunday, but the positivity rate was an elevated 31.3 percent over the last 24 hours. The state’s rolling seven-day average for positive tests at 3,118 and the rolling seven-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests at 30.5 percent. With Monday’s four new coronavirus fatalities there have been 1,396 Utah deaths since the the start of the pandemic. There were 39 new COVID-19 positives Monday in northern Utah. There have been 16,402 total cases in the Bear River district since the start of…