Utah continues to see drops in positive coronavirus tests and hospitalizations as new booster shots engineered to protect against the highly contagious omicron variant have become widely available across the state.
How to get the new COVID-19 booster in Utah — and whether or not you should get it nowExperts have said however that they aren’t relying on testing data to track COVID-19 spread, since the state’s numbers don’t account for people who took at-home tests. Instead, they’re tracking hospitalizations, emergency room visits and how much of the virus is found in Utah wastewater.
The percentage of COVID-19 patients who visited emergency rooms also dropped by about a quarter of a percentage point, from 2.54% to to 2.27%.55.9% of Utah sites found either elevated or increasing amounts of coronavirus. Sixteen sites reported “elevated” amounts of COVID-19, and a dozen sites were on “watch” status, meaning there is concern levels could become “elevated.” Six sites had low levels.
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