Coronavirus slams jails: 82 inmates test positive in Weber county, another 59 in Washington County

Eighty-two people incarcerated at the Weber County jail have tested positive for the coronavirus, jail officials said Wednesday.It’s the largest outbreak yet in a Utah jail facility. Washington County jail officials on Wednesday also reported a large spread of COVID-19 cases in their jail, with 59 inmates testing positive so far — nearly 20% of the jail population.Weber County jail officials believe the virus first entered the jail after a federal inmate from Nevada was transferred t