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Utah’s COVID-19 positivity rate falls, but the number of deaths continues to climb

The health department reported 1,411 new cases and 17 deaths on Tuesday.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Escalante Elementary first grader Sophia gets her face shield adjusted by her mother Theresa before she heads back into the classroom in Salt Lake City, January, 25, 2021. Salt Lake City School District reopened all of the district's elementary schools to in-person learning on Monday. It is the first time students in kindergarten through sixth grade are back in the classroom for a full day of school since they first closed for the pandemic in March 2020.