Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – It’s unclear why thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to Utah haven’t been given to eligible residents, even as the state reported dozens of deaths in the past week, hundreds of coronavirus patients were hospitalized and the rate of positive tests continued to hover around 1 in 5. Utah has been allocated fewer doses per capita than all other states, an analysis by The Salt Lake Tribune has found.And under an earlier federal policy, our unused vaccine could have slowed the state’s already meager supply. In a statement Sunday, Utah Department of Health executive director Rich Saunders said the…

OGDEN, Utah – Utah health officials reported a cumulative 5,042 new COVID-19 cases for New Year’s Day and Saturday, as well as 25 additional deaths. Of the total new cases, 3,110 would have been reported on Friday if not for the holiday, and 1,932 on Saturday, according to the Utah Department of Health. The new cases were confirmed out of 14,900 people tested. As expected, the state’s case counts and positive test rate have continued rising since the Christmas holiday. The rolling seven-day average for new cases is now 2,506 per day, and the average for percent of positive laboratory…