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COVID-19 News Coverage – Summit County and Wasatch County, Utah

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Friday COVID-19 Update

KPCW | By David Boyle

Published May 8, 2020 at 6:20 PM MDT

Utah Department of Health released new numbers Friday afternoon about COVID-19 in the state.

There are 5,919 confirmed COVID-19 cases statewide, up 195 from Thursday. Summit County has 384 cases up two from Thursday. Wasatch County has 173 confirmed cases, the same as yesterday. No new hospitalizations occurred in either county.

Salt Lake County has the most confirmed cases in the state at 3,104. Utah County has the second most cases in the state with 1,288, Summit County has the third most. 488 people have been hospitalized statewide, although there are only 92 patients currently hospitalized.

UDOH says 138,688 people have been tested in Utah. 61 residents have died as a result of COVID-19.