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Feds say Utah had worst COVID-19 rate in the country. Here’s the catch.

Utah’s national ranking may have been overstated, but new data show its infection rate is still one of America’s worst.

(Screenshot via covid.cdc.gov) Data posted Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Utah's COVID-19 infection rate was the highest in the nation during the week that ended the previous day. But Utah's data included cases from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend — a reporting delay not reflected in all states' data.