Sunday’s COVID-19 Situational Update on www.tricountyhealth.com reports that local cases have continued to tick up. There are 148 active cases as of Sunday; 91 of those are in Uintah County, 46 are in Duchesne County, and 11 are within the Ute Indian Tribe. The State of Utah Transmission Index levels have remained the same with Uintah and Duchesne listed as Moderate and Daggett as Low. Uintah School District shared on Friday that in the past 14 days there had been 7 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Uintah High School and 1 confirmed case at Vernal Middle School placing nearly 110 individuals on quarantine district wide due to contact with a positive case. The District shared that another 20 individuals in the District were also on quarantine due to contact with a positive case outside of school. The District will now be updating it’s COVID-19 Dashboard each afternoon Monday through Friday. The Dashboard can be accessed through www.uintah.net.
