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Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.

The test positivity rate will look lower, so ‘we have to change the scale in our head,’ state’s epidemiologist says.

(Trent Nelson  |  The Salt Lake Tribune) Kylie Archuleta and Joshua Brimhall conduct COVID-19 testing at the University of Utah Health's Farmington Health Center on Friday, July 31, 2020.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kylie Archuleta and Joshua Brimhall conduct COVID-19 testing at the University of Utah Health's Farmington Health Center on Friday, July 31, 2020.