September 16 2020 Update

Well, Utah hit a high watermark today in terms of new positive Covid-19 tests.  The higher we go, the more likely it is that we will have a close relationship with someone who tested positive.  We have had some neighbors test positive and have serious symptoms, but we now have a niece whose family is all sick with the illness - apparently coming from - wait for it - a college aged daughter!

KSL had a really great article yesterday that breaks down the demographics from the current spike in positive cases.  I found this to be really helpful data at understanding what is happening by age group in positive tests and hospitalizations.

CORONAVIRUS STATS

Nationally, the CDC reports 6,571,867 cases with 195,053 fatalities.

Utah: 59,747 cases (up 747 from yesterday); 3,381 hospitalizations; 437 deaths (up 1 from yesterday)

Utah County:  13,837 cases (up 309 from yesterday); 454 hospitalizations; 53 deaths (no change from yesterday)

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Hurricane Sally has been slowly carrying a deluge to Gulf Coast. A Hurricane Warning for Sally is in effect from Morgan City, Louisiana to the Alabama/Florida border, including New Orleans, starting on Monday.
• VidAngel, a Provo-based start-up, has settled its four-year legal battle with a group of Hollywood studies led by Walt Disney Co. and Warner Brothers. Disney and Warner Brothers have agreed to compromise and discount the $62.4 million judgment against VidAngel, while VidAngel has agreed to pay $9.9 million over 14 years to the studios. In turn, the studios have agreed to drop their suit and VidAngel has agreed to drop its appeal.
• UDOT has finished the I-80 auxiliary lane project and I am sure we are all grateful for less construction as we head to the airport!

PROVO SOCIAL MEDIA

THE MAYOR'S DAY

Today, Mayor Kaufusi:

• Held a meeting with a citizen
• Met on a new development proposed in West Provo
• Participated in a meeting with Parks and Rec on their proposed master plan
• Had a meeting with members of the City Council
  
  

FUN STUFF

This little post was shared by a neighbor.  Candidly, I was laughing so hard at some of these photos that I kind of lost it.  Anyway, hope you will get a chuckle too.  Just click on the Facebook logo in the upper right corner to see the post on Facebook and scroll through the photos.

Thanks everyone - we will connect again tomorrow.

Wayne