Utah reports the most new COVID-19 cases in five months

You’re five times more likely to test positive and 7.6 times more likely to die if you’re unvaccinated, health department says.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) R.J. Pace, 17, left of Caldwell, Idaho, gets his first COVID-19 vaccine shot from Capt. Raymond Searles with the Utah Air National Guard at a free Pfizer vaccine clinic hosted by the Utah National Guard at Weber State University in Ogden on Aug. 11, 2021. Vaccines are available Mondays and Wednesdays at WSU's Continuing Education Center, at 2605 Monroe Blvd., and Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Shepherd Union until the end of August.

Utah reports the most new COVID-19 cases in five months

You’re five times more likely to test positive and 7.6 times more likely to die if you’re unvaccinated, health department says.

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