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Novel coronavirus cases have been rising in Summit County and with the increase in cases, the county’s transmission risk was increased from low to medium on May 12 – the only part of the state with the designation as of Thursday morning.
Although confirmed cases in the county have continued to exceed the single-day record prior to the current surge, 79, set in January 2021, a look at the recent overall data indicates Summit County may have reached the peak of the omicron wave.
Utah had a record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, then topped that record on Thursday with 8,913 cases and 530 hospitalizations. There were 13 new deaths, which included a child.
Critics have questioned the process that led Utah officials to pay millions of dollars for a vaccination scheduling platform that several of the state’s local health departments, including Summit County’s, have not utilized.
The state has moved up the timeline for Utahns between the ages of 65 and 69 to receive the coronavirus vaccine by a week and a half.