COVID-19 Update

Jocelyn Jensen, Writer

Covid-19 Update:

As of April 18, 2020 there have been 2,274,800 confirmed cases worldwide. In the United States there have been 706,800 confirmed cases. The amount of new cases per day has plateaued, averaging at about 30,000 cases per day in America. Utah has only had 2790 cases so far, which pales in comparison to areas around the big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, etc. In an effort to slow the spread of the virus, 41 states have stay-at-home orders. Utah only has a local stay-at-home order for Salt Lake City. 

For more information, you can check these websites:

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019