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Utah now has more than 130,000 positive cases, and a state record 410 people are currently hospitalized with the virus, the data shows. A total of 658 people in the state have died from the contagion, including nine over the weekend.

Herbert said individuals age 15 to 24 \"have not been careful in casual social gatherings and that the highest rates of spread are now occurring among this age group.\" He said testing will be expanded to include all university students, high school students who participate in extracurricular activities, high school teachers and people in workplaces who are 35 or younger.

For Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020:

Total positive cases: 130,235 (+2,956)
Case 7-day average: 2,213

Lab Tests: 1,149,506 people tested (+12,680)

% Positive 7-day average: 19.9%

Hospitalizations:
410 (Current)
6,020 (Cumulative)

Deaths: 658 (+9 from yesterday)

— State of Utah COVID-19 Response (@UtahCoronavirus) November 7, 2020

The governor stressed that his new orders should not be interpreted as a \"shutdown of our society or our economy.\"

\"We're not closing any businesses,\" Herbert added.

In an analysis of all 50 states in July, ABC News concluded that 28, plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, had issued statewide mask mandates. Since then, that list has added Ohio, Arkansas, Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin, Vermont and now Utah.

New daily COVID-19 cases across the United States hit a record 128,000 on Saturday as multiple states in addition to Utah reported the highest number of positive infections since the pandemic began, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.

The latest data released on Sunday evening offered no signs that the virus is easing up. Sunday marked the fifth straight day new COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000 in the country, according to the data.

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