19 cases of coronavirus confirmed in Utah, some of them young students - ABC 4, Abc4.com

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) – The Salt Lake County Health Department announced nine additional cases of coronavirus Saturday, bringing the total to .

Of those cases, are adults over the age of and three are children.

Health officials say two of the infected children attended school while symptomatic; the schools affected affected are Hunter High School in West Valley City and (Entheos Academy) , a charter school with campuses in Magna and Kearns.

According to the Utah Department of Health, the total number of cases in Utah is now 23 (as of

(pm on March (th).

Confirmed cases by health district

District
(Cases)

(Bear River) (0) (Central Utah) (0) (Davis County (2) , Salt Lake County
San Juan (0) , (Southeast Utah) (0) (Southwest Utah) (0)

Summit County (2)

(Tooele) (0)
Tri County (0)

Utah County (0) Wasatch County (0) Weber-Morgan (1) (Non-Utah resident 5 Health County officials say all new cases are linked to travel or household co ntact with another confirmed case they do not believe any of the cases are a result of local transmission in Salt Lake County.

Saturday, Summit County Health officials said they have their first case of the virus spreading in the community.

Governor Herbert has declared a Utah wide state of emergency in efforts to stop spreading.

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