Salt Lake County officials issued a public health advisory Tuesday, urging residents to take more stringent coronavirus precautions this month as local COVID-19 transmission rates spike to levels not seen since November 2020.
if you test positive for COVID-19. That means isolating at home for at least five days after being tested, staying home longer if symptoms haven’t subsided, and wearing a mask around others for at least another five days after isolation ends.Avoid all large gatherings if attendees are not vaccinated or boosted.
The advisory states that while recent evidence suggests omicron infections may cause less severe illness, increased transmission is expected, which may still result in “negative health and social outcomes.”5 things you should know about COVID-19 in Utah right now“Those who are unvaccinated or immunocompromised are at highest risk for severe COVID illness,” Dunn continued in a statement.
The number of children getting vaccinated continues to climb: 97,868 children ages 5-11 have received at least one dose since they became eligible. That is 26.8% of kids that age in Utah, according to the Health Department. And 65,725 of those kids have been fully vaccinated — 18% of that age group. Intensive care units in the state remain near capacity. UDOH reported Tuesday that 88.1% of all ICU beds in Utah and 91.2% of ICU beds in larger medical centers throughout the state are occupied. Of all ICU patients, 38.8%Vaccine doses administered in the past four days/total doses administered •1,906,458 — 58.3% of Utah’s total population. That is an increase of 2,563 in the past day.
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