Salt Lake County Health Department Covid Hotline

Salt lake county like much of utah has seen an alarming increase in the spread of covid 19 in recent weeks.

Salt lake county health department covid hotline. During the covid 19 outbreak salt lake county is committed to keeping our community safe healthy and informed. The disability law center has opened a. Salt lake city the salt lake county health department announced it will continue its free covid 19 testing through june 28 even for utahns who aren t experiencing symptoms. In fact thursday s 590 new cases mark the third highest single day total since the outbreak began in march.

Salt lake county covid 19 data dashboard. This comes after. This resource is paid through a salt lake county contract with local cab companies for residents who cannot afford the ride. They ve developed the attached flyer specifically for them.

Consistent widespread use of correctly worn face coverings is one of the most effective ways to help. The health department doesn t plan to post it publicly but will provide it. We are now consistently seeing 200 or more new cases reported each day. Salt lake county health department has had many calls from teachers across the county asking how they can help prevent covid transmission in their schools and classrooms when the school year begins again.

Gary herbert acknowledged a dramatic increase in covid 19 cases the utah department of health announced even more sobering numbers. With the exception of the vital records office at the salt lake public health center all health department programs and services are operating virtually or by appointment only. Beginning july 18 we will use the date of the person s positive lab result. Prior to july 18 the department reported the date it received notice of the positive case.

Please feel free to share it however you d like. The service can be accessed by calling the salt lake county health department covid 19 information line at 385 468 4636. Salt lake county health department general information phone. Service changes due to covid 19.

Effective july 18 salt lake county health department will adjust the date used on this dashboard to report positive cases of covid. Prior to june we never had more than 150 positive cases in a day and on most days we saw fewer than 100. Additionally there were also 34 new hospitalizations reported which means 170 utahns are currently. We also want to remind residents that county employees are maintaining many essential services that you depend on.