While Utah's COVID-19 case rates continue to plateau, Wilson said the county continues to face difficulties recovering financially and drawing events to the area.

Utah health officials confirmed 1,343 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the health department confirmed 453 more breakthrough cases, meaning among patients who have been fully vaccinated more than two weeks ago.

State health officials and doctors have noted receiving the vaccine does not mean someone will not contract the coronavirus, but in most cases, it is protective against serious illness.

Since vaccines became available to the public early this year, the state has confirmed 24,117 breakthrough cases of the 533,526 total positive cases since the pandemic began, or just under 5% of all cases.

In the last 28 days, unvaccinated residents have faced a 14.7 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 10.7 times greater risk of hospitalization, and 5.8 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people, health department officials said.

1 people who are unvaccinated are at 8.9 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19, 7.5 times greater risk of being hospitalized, and 3.9 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19 than vaccinated people, according to the data