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Utah hits a grim milestone: 1,500 deaths from COVID-19

Patients in intensive care remain near record high.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Members of a Hill Air Force Base honor guard remove the casket with Dallas Lynn Stevens, who served 38 years in the Utah Air National Guard, as he was laid to rest at the Utah Veterans Cemetery & Memorial Park in Bluffdale in June 2020. COVID-19 has killed 1,500 Utahns since the pandemic struck.