As Utah passes 500K cases of COVID-19, here’s an updated timeline of its spread here – Salt Lake Tribune

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A hopeful sign in the window of a house in Salt Lake City, Wednesday April 1, 2020.

| Oct. 1, 2021, 1:26 p.m.

| Updated: 1:40 p.m.

Eighteen months into the coronavirus pandemic, Utah has passed its 500,000th case and hospitals are full of COVID-19 patients amid a surge driven by the rise of the delta variant.

From the states first coronavirus death, in March 2020, Utah is now moving toward a death toll of 3,000.

But more than half of the states population is now vaccinated and in recent days, cases appear to have plateaued and perhaps begun to drop as has been seen in other states.

Heres an interactive timeline of Utahs experience of the pandemic, from the beginning.

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As Utah passes 500K cases of COVID-19, here's an updated timeline of its spread here - Salt Lake Tribune