covid-19 pandemic

ST. GEORGE, Utah (KDXU) - Dr. Brandon Webb, a Disease Specialist with Intermountain Healthcare says hospitals, including the St. George Regional Hospital may not be able to fully treat al COVID-19 patients as treatment and the Omicron variant is causing cases to surge ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KDXU) - The University of Utah is implementing stricter COVID-10 protocols as positive COVID-19 cases surge around the state. Leaders of the institution say the new Omicron variant is potentially less deadly, but is more highly transmissible ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (KDXU/ABC4) - According to Dr. Patrick Carroll, the Medical Director at the Intermountain Healthcare St. George Regional Hospital, caregivers have never seen patients taking over the majority of beds with a single diagnosis in the hospital’s history. A ...

ST. GEORGE, Utah (KDXU/ABC4) -  Public health officials are contact tracing and doing disease surveillance after the first Omicron variant case was reported to the Southwest Utah Public Health Department on Friday. An older, fully vaccinated resident in Southwest Utah is quarantining and received monoclonal antibody treatment after testing positive for the Omicron variant. “This was ... Read Mor

July 9, 2021 COVID-19 Cases Continuing To Rise Throughout Utah (St. George, UT)  --  COVID-19 cases keep rising throughout Utah. Yesterday, the state added 668 new cases to the total, pushing it over 418-thousand. This is the state's largest jump in daily new cases since March 17th. Two new ...

(St. George, UT)  --  Masks are no longer being required in schools within the Washington County School District. On Friday, district officials notified faculty and staff that the district will no longer enforce mask wearing on school grounds and only recommend it. However, ...

COVID-19 cases keep rising throughout Utah. Health officials say since Friday, June 18, 2021, the state total saw an increase of 864 new cases, pushing it over 411-thousand. Six new deaths related to the virus were added to the death toll, which is at 23-hundred-30 ...

Photo by Alli Hamblin 11/8/2020 Governor Herbert says "We must do more and do it now!” as he pleads with Utahns to stop the spread of Covid-19 On Sunday, Nov 11, 2020 at 9:30p.m. Governor Gary Herbert addressed the state of Utah after sending out a reverse 911 alert to all citizens. He i ...

The governors new Covid-19 health guidelines begin today but it has left some scratching their heads unsure of just what it means to us..  According to the Utah Department of Health, the new index is a balanced approach intended to protect communities. The transmiss ...

Gov. Gary Herbert announced a new plan for Utah's COVID-19 response. The color codes will be done away with. The new system is based on science calculated by the amount of infection and transmission. Public health officials will analyze each county based on three data points to determine high, moderate, or low transmission ...