Our COVID-19 year: An interactive timeline of the pandemic and Utah’s response

From first cases through shutdowns and ICU surges to a vaccine rollout.

By Sean P. Means

| March 7, 2021, 3:53 p.m.

| Updated: 5:21 p.m.

Click on the arrow to the right to start moving through this interactive timeline.

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