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Live coronavirus updates for Friday, April 17: Leaders announce plan to reawaken state’s economy beginning May 1; Salt Lake County easing stay-at-home restrictions

(Jeffrey D. Allred | Deseret News via AP Pool) Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, left, and Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, bump elbows after a news conference with legislative, community and business leaders at the Utah State Capitol Friday, April 17, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Utah is aiming to reopen restaurants and gyms and resume elective surgeries in early May under a plan to gradually reopen the economy that has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Herbert said Friday.

(Jeffrey D. Allred | Deseret News via AP Pool) Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, left, and Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, bump elbows after a news conference with legislative, community and business leaders at the Utah State Capitol Friday, April 17, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Utah is aiming to reopen restaurants and gyms and resume elective surgeries in early May under a plan to gradually reopen the economy that has been decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Herbert said Friday.