Utah hospitals again running out of room, as a more contagious coronavirus variant threatens more illness

Students’ return to classes also poses risk of worsening spread of COVID-19.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dr. Brandon Webb, left, chair of Intermountain Healthcare’s COVID-19 Therapeutics team — pictured here in April 2020 — said on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, that Utah health experts are concerned about a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading across Utah.

Utah hospitals again running out of room, as a more contagious coronavirus variant threatens more illness

Students’ return to classes also poses risk of worsening spread of COVID-19.

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