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OGDEN, Utah – Universities and colleges are mass testing students after the Utah System of Higher Education released a COVID-19 Intensive Testing Plan. This now replaces the previous requirement of testing students every two weeks. Weber State University and Utah State University are just a couple of the institutions rolling out re-entry testing for students and staff, following the holiday break. “Which we will do 5 days a week at about 5 hours a day all the way through from the fourth of January to the 22nd,” said Dane LeBlanc, the Director of Public Safety for Weber State University. The…

OGDEN, Utah – Since COVID-19 testing began, 37,505 tests have been administered throughout Carbon, Emery and Grand counties with 2,445 positive results and 16 deaths. The average testing cycle in the last seven days, which is the average time between date of test conducted and test result issued, is .6 days. On Thursday, the Southeast Utah Health Department announced 291 active cases within the region, up from 268 the day prior. Of these patients, 10 are hospitalized due to complications from the virus. With high case count, Carbon, Emery and Grand counties remain in the High Transmission Level. In Carbon…