Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – Utah’s coronavirus death count for the weekend totaled 48, and five of the 24 fatalities Friday were residents of northern Utah, including two males over 85 from Cache County, and from Box Elder County a male and a female, both between 65 and 84 years and a male over 85. There have been 56 COVID-19 deaths in the Bear River Health District: 31 from Box Elder County, 25 from Cache County and none in Rich County. Including 11 deaths Saturday and 13 Sunday there have been 1,595 coronavirus deaths in Utah including 326 in January alone. Total…

OGDEN, Utah — Non-hospital healthcare workers including dentists got the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine in Davis County Saturday as part of its 3rd or 4th drive-in inoculation site. Davis County has vaccinated more than 5,700 people with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Salt Lake County is around 20,000 vaccinations, and Utah County around 18,000. To put this into perspective 24,000 were said to have been vaccinated Wednesday. From Dec. 14th – Dec. 27th, 17,543 people were vaccinated with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine From Dec. 28th – Dec. 29th, 6,427 were given the vaccine…