The number of new COVID-19 cases that Utah announced Thursday in its now-weekly report was nearly double the amount of cases reported last week.
Utah reported more than 3,220 new coronavirus cases in the past seven days and 13 more deaths, the Department of Health reported Thursday.
Officials also are looking at wastewater analysis, hospitalizations and emergency room visits to identify outbreaks or concerning spread in their now-weekly state COVID-19 report.Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s survey of 32 municipal wastewater treatment facilities The state reported Thursday that one such site saw elevated COVID-19 levels. Twelve sites were listed as under “watch,” meaning officials had detected enough of the virus to indicate “potential concern.” Last week, there were two sites with elevated levels and nine sites on watch.
There was just one site — the Price River Water Improvement District in Carbon County — where officials found “increasing” levels of coronavirus, 18 fewer than last week.COVID-19 hospitalization rates
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