This story map highlights significant events in Utah's efforts to respond to COVID-19.  It emphasizes major news conferences, press releases and other significant material, including social media posts, to show how Utahns in the healthcare and emergency management communities came together to help the state get through a very difficult time period.<div><br /></div><div>At the time of publication, the COVID-19 response is still ongoing.  This story map will continue to be updated as events unfold.</div>

Utah COVID-19 Response

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Governor Herbert extends dismissal of K-12 public schools through May 1st, 2020

Another Utah resident dies, bringing the state total to eight.

The Summit County Health Department confirms the third active case of COVID-19 in Utah due to travel-related causes

(Salt Lake City, UT) - The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) has activated its incident command structure and is actively preparing a response to the ongoing outbreak in China of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus, "2019-nCoV."

Utah Department of Health Gears up for Coronavirus Response

Governor Herbert sends a message to Utahns on the coronavirus outbreak and 5.7 magnitude earthquake.

Governor Gary R. Herbert Sends Message to Utahns

<em>Photo courtesy: Kevin McCulley, Utah Department of Health</em>

That's what this animation is showing - the very, very small waves from the M5.7 earthquake traveling both through the earth and across earth's surface - in most of the US the waves are much too small to feel but not too small to measure. https://t.co/lCxU56t18o

IRIS Earthquake Sci on Twitter

Responding to both COVID-19 and the Earthquake

Governor Herbert releases "Utah Leads Together", his comprehensive task force plan to mitigate the economic consequences of COVID-19 and return Utah to the record-setting growth it enjoyed prior to the pandemic.

The Coronavirus Information Line went live. To date, the hotline has received nearly 65,000 phone calls! Callers are routed to each of the major health systems in Utah, state and local epidemiology emergency hotlines, or the Utah Poison Control Center staff depending on the situation.&nbsp;

Two additional Utah residents die from COVID-19, bringing the state total to seven.

An <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/46738804/utah-prepares-alternative-care-site-at-expo-center" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alternate Care Facility is established at the Mountain America Expo Center</a>.  The facility will provide extra capacity for non-COVID patients who need medical attention in case hospitals are overwhelmed. 

Twenty three passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship are repatriated to their Utah homes.

Confirmed cases in the United States surpass 1,000

The global death toll from COVID-19 reaches 10,000, while the number of confirmed cases worldwide surpasses 245,000

Utah exceeds 20,000 people tested for COVID-19 (20,155).

Photo: Larry H. Miller Group of Companies CEO Steve Starks provides an update on actions the Jazz took in response to players who tested positive

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The Weber-Morgan Health Department confirms the second active COVID-19 case in Utah also due to travel-related causes

Travel ExecutiveOrder (1).pdf

March 18, 2020: At 7:09 a.m., a Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes the Salt Lake City metro area with an epicenter 3.1 miles north of Magna, Utah

The Utah Department of Health activates its Department Operations Center to actively prepare for the response to COVID-19 in Utah.

Governor Herbert declares a state of emergency

The s<a href="https://governor.utah.gov/2020/04/22/state-of-utah-releases-healthy-together-beta-app/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tate of Utah releases the "Healthy Together" mobile app</a> to help Utahns check for symptoms of COVID-19 and find available resources.

Utah reaches over 5,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, resulting in 50 deaths.

@UtahEmergency: We have been using a wireless emergency alert to send messages to people crossing Utah's borders. But we know a number of Utahns have been receiving these alerts in their homes, even when they aren't close to the border.

Utah COVID-19 Community Task Force on Twitter

Hey, you guys all good. Okay. I'm Aaron Goff with Intermountain Healthcare Media Relations team had based hair as a manager at Intermountain Medical Center. Thank you for all joining us today.

Coronavirus Patient Being Treated In Utah

The <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/46707272/washington-man-is-1st-in-us-to-catch-new-virus-from-china" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first case of coronavirus in the United States</a> is confirmed in Washington state

Photo courtesy: <em>Anna Lehnardt, Communications Director for Governor Herbert</em>

Governor Herbert <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qey2xIxAEqIxiiAHJyHSxBosmjetkbN7/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issues a "Stay Safe, Stay Home" directive</a> to all Utahns to reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission and minimize the impact on local hospitals.

A 61 year old man from Wuhan, China dies from an illness caused by coronavirus

Governor Herbert announces a Unified Command structure to lead the COVID-19 response. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety serves as the Incident Commander. The Utah Department of Health, Utah Division of Emergency Management and State of Utah Coronavirus Task Force are all under this new structure.

The state of Utah Joint Information Center is activated for coordinated messaging related to COVID-19

Earlier this afternoon, I declared a state of emergency to help Utah prepare for diagnoses of COVID-19 in our state. This means we are in a state of readines...

Utah Coronavirus Information on State of Emergency

Governor Herbert issues an Executive Order that all individuals entering Utah fill out a travel declaration form. This applies to individuals entering via road as well as arriving at Salt Lake International Airport.

This timeline of events is maintained by the Utah Division of Emergency Management, with help from our partners at the Utah Department of Health and the state agencies represented in the State Emergency Response Team.

<a href="https://health.utah.gov/featured-news/first-covid-19-death-reported-in-utah" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Utah Department of Health and the Davis County Health Department confirm the first death in Utah caused by COVID-19 in a Davis County man who was over 60 years old with underlying health conditions</a>

Repatriated passengers were met by members of the Utah Health Emergency Response Team and were provided comfort kits supplied by the American Red Cross.

Photo: Businesses around the state implemented social distancing measures to keep customers safe.  <em>Photo courtesy: Terry Wood, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control</em>

The United States climbs to third on the list of countries with active COVID-19 cases behind Italy and China with 35,530 cases

The <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/46723709/st-george-man-being-treated-for-coronavirus-at-utahs-intermountain-medical-center" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first COVID-19 patient from the Diamond Princess cruise ship arrives in Utah</a> under isolation and is asymptomatic

<em>Photo courtesy: Lorry Herrera, Utah Division of Emergency Management</em>

<em>Photo courtesy: Brooke Scheffler, Governor's Office</em>

Testing capacity is a primary focus of the Unified Response Group. On this date, Utah exceeds 100,000 individuals tested.

Executive Order, High Risk to Moderate Risk (1).pdf

New today: No. Drivers will not be stopped for a COVID-19 screening. So, what is going to happen as drivers enter Utah? They will receive an alert on their phones pointing them to an online declaration form. FAQs and more in this update: https://t.co/mnfHVcRRdt

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States surpasses 10,000

Procurement, warehousing, and distribution of Personal Protective Equipment become a major component of Utah's response effort. The response Logistics team establishes the Receiving, Staging and Shipping (RSS) site at a warehouse to coordinate incoming shipments and prepare them for delivery to local health departments, hospitals, local emergency managers and first responders.

<a href="https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-statement-on-ihr-emergency-committee-on-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The World Health Organization declared a global Public Health Emergency of International Concern</a> with coronavirus cases confirmed in 18 countries

Initially published on March 24, 2020, and updated as version 2.0 on April 17, under Gov. Gary Herbert's leadership, this is Utah's plan for a health and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan was prepared by the Economic Response Task Force, a subcommittee of Utah's COVID-19 Task Force, which is led by Lt.

Utah Leads Together Plan

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Utah reaches 75 deaths attributed to COVID-19

<em>Photos courtesy: Lindsey Means, Utah Division of Emergency Management</em>

<a href="https://governor.utah.gov/2020/04/28/gov-herbert-announces-a-mask-for-every-utahn-project/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Governor Herbert and Lieutenant Governor Cox announce "A Mask for Every Utahn" project</a>, aimed at getting a free face mask to those Utahns who do not already have one

The Utah Department of Health and Davis County Health Department announce the third death of a Utah resident due to COVID-19.

The Utah Division of Emergency Management raises its EOC activation to level 2 - Partial Activation

Utah exceeds 1,000 confirmed cases (1,012).

Utah deaths attributed to COVID-19 climbs to 20

The Utah Department of Health and Southwest Utah Health Department announce the second death of a Utah resident due to COVID-19.

The Utah Division of Emergency Management raises its EOC activation to level 3 - Enhanced Activation

The Utah Department of Health began a web chat feature on&nbsp;the <a href="https://coronavirus.utah.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Utah Coronavirus webpage</a>&nbsp;on March 23, 2020.  The chat feature allows users to send a text message to the Utah Department of Health staff to get answers on COVID-19.  The web chat is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  The web chat team can also answer questions in Spanish.

Wireless Emergency Alert messages with COVID-19 survey link are activated at Utah borders

Photo: A shipment of PPE is loaded onto planes from the Civil Air Patrol

Utah exceeds 6,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

<a href="https://governor.utah.gov/2020/03/13/gov-herbert-announces-two-week-dismissal-of-utahs-public-schools/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Governor Herbert announces a "soft closure" of K-12 schools statewide</a>

Governor Herbert orders restaurants and bars to suspend dine-in service, and limits group gatherings to 10 people

Chinese officials announce dozens of cases of pneumonia from an unknown source

Wireless Emergency Alert COVID-19 messages suspended

The Logistics team in the Unified Response group worked with partners at all levels to distribute incoming shipments of PPE. Those partner organizations include Tribal Sovereign Nations. The Civil Air Patrol assisted the Logistics team with a special mission to distribute PPE directly to some of the tribal organizations.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cancels church worldwide until further notice

The first case of the novel coronavirus in Utah has been confirmed, according to officials with the Utah Department of Health, Davis County Health Department and the COVID-19 Community Task Force.

First Coronavirus Case Confirmed In Utah

The Utah Division of Emergency Management receives a mission to repatriate 37 Utah residents on the Grand Princess cruise ship that docked in Oakland, California

The Utah Division of Emergency Management increases its Emergency Operations Center activation to monitoring based on the potential impacts of the coronavirus

The US exceeds 50,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19

The Utah Department of Health and the Salt Lake County Health Department<a href="https://health.utah.gov/featured-news/utah-public-health-officials-report-first-incident-of-covid-19-transmission-in-a-care-facility" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> announce the first incident of COVID-19 transmission in a long term care facility</a>.

The Utah Department of Health requested help from the Utah Poison Control Center to spin up a dedicated 24/7 public hotline to handle incoming calls about COVID-19.

The Davis County Health Department confirms the first active case of COVID-19 in Utah

The Utah Division of Emergency Management increases the activation level of the State Emergency Operations Center to Level 1 - Full Activation.

The Summit County Health Department announces the first case of COVID-19 in Utah due to community spread

Governor Herbert <a href="https://governor.utah.gov/2020/04/30/gov-herbert-issues-executive-order-placing-utah-under-moderate-risk-protocols-for-covid-19/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issues an Executive Order moving Utah into the moderate risk</a> category as defined in the Utah Leads Together Plan.

<a href="https://www.kuer.org/post/state-leaders-form-coronavirus-task-force#stream/0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Governor Herbert creates the COVID-19 Community Task Force</a>, led by Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox, with members from the Utah Department of Health, Utah Department of Public Safety, Utah Division of Emergency Management and others

Utah receives a<a href="https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4525" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Presidential disaster declaration for COVID-19, FEMA-4525-DR</a>.

The Utah Department of Health restricts non-essential medical, dental, and veterinary procedures that are non-urgent in order to preserve masks, gloves and other protective equipment for medical professionals assisting in the fight against COVID-19.

Utah deaths from COVID-19 jump to thirteen.

The Utah Division of Emergency Management raises its EOC activation to level 1 - Full Activation for the first time ever

The outbreak is identified as a new novel coronavirus

Governor Herbert recommends there should be no gatherings of 100 or more people, effective March 16th

The World Health Organization declares COVID-19 a global pandemic

Two <a href="https://governor.utah.gov/2020/03/12/gov-gary-r-herbert-and-lt-governor-spencer-j-cox-statement-on-positive-case-of-covid-19-on-the-utah-jazz/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Utah Jazz basketball players are confirmed active COVID-19 cases</a>, bringing the Utah total to five

The video to the right shows waves of vertical motion detected from the U.S. seismic array, visualization from IRIS.

Governor Herbert issues a statement to reassure Utahns with multiple large incidents happening at once

Utah exceeds 15,000 people tested for COVID-19.