The situation is bad enough in the northern part of the state that hospitals there have started turning away ambulances.ĭr. Hospitals are once again at or above capacity. Mbz-photodesign, iStock/Getty Images Plus Infographic by Chris Reed, St.
Graphic showing 10 days with the most coronavirus cases in Southern Utah through Jan. 30, the Utah Department of Health says there have been 35 local residents admitted to local hospitals for COVID-19 since Monday. While the Southwest Utah Public Health Department has not updated the number of locals hospitalized since Dec. Michelle Hofmann, deputy director of the Utah Department of Health, said as part of a Thursday Zoom briefing with reporters.Īnd because of the increased prevalence of at-home COVID-19 tests, which aren’t counted in the totals released by the state and the Centers for Disease Control, Hofmann said the official count of new infections is a bigger undercount of the actual number of infections than it ever has been.īeyond new infections, local and state hospitals have also been reporting a surge in COVID-19 patients since the start of the new year. “We’re beginning the year in a real dire situation,” Dr. Utah, which had been averaging about 1,000 new infections per day, had a record 8,913 on Thursday and 7,247 Wednesday. The omicron variant is also setting new pandemic precedents for the state as a whole and nationwide.
The Utah Department of Health reported 517 new COVID-19 infections in Southern Utah on Thursday, which breaks the previous pandemic record of 363 set on Dec. A line of about 50 cars wrapped in a circle at the TestUtah free COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Tech Ridge, St. George Regional and Cedar City hospitals said it was moving into a “full crisis mode” in a surge of the omicron variant. GEORGE - The Southern Utah record for the number of new COVID-19 infections in a day was shattered Thursday, as the parent company of St.
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