SALT LAKE CITY It s been nearly one year now since the COVID-19 pandemic officially arrived in Utah and turned it upside down much like the rest of the world.
The coronavirus has since been blamed as the leading cause of death for 1,797 Utahns 717 of those deaths were Salt Lake County residents, according to Utah Department of Health data pulled Tuesday night. The city lists that at least 137 residents accounted for the county total.
More than 135,000 residents in the county contracted it over the past year and it led to over 6,300 hospitalizations so far, as well. University of Utah Health doctors said it became the state s third-leading cause of death in 2020 behind heart disease and cancer.