As of June 17th, TriCounty Health Department is reporting 217 active cases of COVID-19 so it is not surprising that there has been a change to the Transmission Index. Uintah County has been shifted from Moderate to High Transmission level while Duchesne County stayed at the Moderate level and Daggett County stayed at the Low level. According to Thursday’s press release, Uintah County’s 7-day average percent positivity was 19 percent and there were 131 cases in the past 14 days, Duchesne County was 10 percent and there were 37 cases, and Daggett County was 28 percent and there were 4 cases. Statewide total ICU utilization was 74 percent and the 7-day COVID-19 utilization was 11 percent. The report shows locally 18 new COVID-19 related hospitalizations in the past seven days and 0 new COVID-19 deaths. Uintah County is currently the only county in the state that is in the High Transmission level.
