Utah reports 13 more deaths caused by COVID-19
More than 1.07 million Utahns have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sara Sharma, 16, a student at Woods Cross High School, misses her Spanish class to receive her first Pfizer vaccine from Pharmacist Shannon Stoker at a pop-up clinic by Nomi Health, April 27, 2021. County and regional health districts are setting up vaccination clinics in high schools, to get the COVID-19 vaccine to 16 and 17-year-olds. | Updated: 7:33 p.m.
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Thirteen more Utahns have died of COVID-19, according to the Utah Department of Health, bringing the state’s total to 2,249. Twelve of those deaths occurred before April 12 and were only recently confirmed to have been caused by the coronavirus.
After 3 days in the 200s, the number of new COVID-19 cases jumps to almost 500
The director of the Summit County Health Department is retiring in August.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Empty vials of the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine at the Woods Cross High School pop-up clinic by Nomi Health, April 27, 2021. County and regional health districts are setting up vaccination clinics in high schools, to get the COVID-19 vaccine to 16- and 17-year-olds. | Updated: 10:35 p.m.
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Even as the number of Utahns fully vaccinated against COVID-19 approaches a million, the number of new cases jumped to nearly 500 on Wednesday – and two more people died.