Utah Announces 4 New COVID-19 Deaths, Confirmed Cases Over 2,100
Apr 10, 2020, 1:14 PM | Updated: 1:51 pm
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Four more people have died of COVID-19 in Utah, according to numbers released by health officials. The number of confirmed cases has jumped another 126 people.
As of numbers released Friday around 1 p.m., there have been 17 deaths in the Beehive State, 2,102 people have tested positive for coronavirus, and 183 people have been hospitalized.
A total of 40,762 people have been tested. Just over 5 percent of people who have been tested have been confirmed to carry the virus.
State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn said all four fatalities were men over the age of 60. Three were from Salt Lake County, and one was from Utah County.
Two of the three from Salt Lake County had been living in different long-term care facilities.
Dunn said Utah can now test anyone with symptoms. She said anyone with fever, cough or shortness of breathe can, and should, be tested to help health officials understand the spread of the virus.
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