Staying Safe: Coronavirus

The Utah Department of Health on Monday said nine more Utahns have died due to COVID-19 while 2,269 residents tested positive for the virus over the holiday weekend.

California will require state employees and all health care workers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly.

The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now due to concerns about the surging infection rate because of the delta variant, according to a White House official.

New York City will require all municipal workers to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing.

The Navajo Nation on Sunday reported six new COVID-19 cases and four additional deaths.

It's been several months since extra unemployment benefits ended in Utah, which was meant to give many struggling industries a boost. For restaurants at least, that hasn't been the case--many still struggling to fill open positions. We speak with a restaurant owner, as well as a server who left the industry during the pandemic.

Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with a dazzling display of fireworks and soaring, made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique pandemic Games.

Southern Utah's current COVID-19 surge has nearly filled the Intensive Care Unit with patients at Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital.  

Vaccinations are beginning to rise in some states where COVID-19 cases are soaring, White House officials said Thursday in a sign that the summer surge is getting the attention of vaccine-hesitant Americans as hospitals in the South are being overrun with patients.

The Utah Department of Health on Thursday said another Utahn has died due to COVID-19 while 815 additional residents have tested positive for the virus.