Utah reports 17 deaths from COVID-19, a single-day record

Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber.In Utah’s battle against the coronavirus, some terrible records were broken Friday.The Utah Department of Health added 17 Utahns to the state’s death toll. UDOH reported 2,987 new COVID-19 cases, 395 people currently in hospi