Food service prohibitions: Salt Lake County is prohibiting dine-in food service at restaurants and bars, effective at 11 p.m. Monday. Summit County issued a similar prohibition Sunday. Take-out, delivery and grocery shopping is still permitted but with tighter rules.

Current cases: A total of 29 Utah residents and seven visitors have tested positive for the virus. As updated today, that is eight new cases with residents and three with visitors. The new resident cases were in Davis (1), Salt Lake County (2), Summit (2), Wasatch (1), Tooele, and Weber-Morgan (1). Salt Lake had two new visitor cases and Summit had one more visitor case.

Diamond Princess: Sunday evening, 23 passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that docked in Oakland last week retuned to the state. None of the passengers who returned have any symptoms of COVID-19 and have either tested negative or are waiting for test results.

Slopes Shut Down: Most Utah ski resorts suspended or closed operations. (Updated)

Schools, churches canceled: Beginning today, Utah's public schools will cancel all classes and close their buildings to most activities to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Many local governments have closed public buildings, including recreation centers, libraries, and senior centers.

The Utah System of Higher Education, meanwhile, is canceling all in-person classes on college and university campuses. Wherever possible, classes will be conducted online. Westminster College and Brigham Young University, both private schools, have also moved classes online.

State officials are encouraging everyone to take serious precautions, especially staying at least six-feet away from other people and staying home if showing any symptoms.

Last updated March 16, 2020 at 12:45 p.m.

District	Utah Residents	Visitors
Bear River	0	0
Central Utah	0	0
Davis County	4	0
Salt Lake County	16	2
San Juan	0	0
Southeast Utah	0	0
Southwest Utah	1	0
Summit County	4	7
Tooele	1	0
Tri County	0	0
Utah County	0	1
Wasatch County	1	0
Weber-Morgan	2	0

President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are nearly 3,000 confirmed cases in 49 states of COVID-19 in the U.S. New York, Virginia, and Louisiana all reported their first deaths, and there are now more than 50 deaths nationally.

Georgia and Louisiana have postponed primary elections scheduled for Tuesday. Four other states are planning to conduct their elections on that day.

Passengers returning from Europe encountered long lines at airports because of enhanced screening measures.

Urban Outfitters and Nike will close their stores worldwide, following on a Saturday announcement that Apple will close its stores worldwide outside of China until March 27.

For ongoing updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in the the U.S., visit the CDC updates page.

The World Health Organization has officially designated the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic.

The CDC has suspended travel from China, Iran, and most of Europe by foreign nationals, and recommends avoiding all non-essential travel to these countries. The agency also recommends avoiding non-essential travel to South Korea. Older adults or those with underlying health conditions should avoid travel globally.

Along with the Italian quarantine, Spain, France, Austria, Kazakhstan, and Norway have imposed significantly tighter restrictions, including bans on all mass gatherings and restricted travel, as cases spike throughout Europe. The Vatican has closed all Holy Week celebrations to the public.

In Iran, more than 700 deaths have been caused by COVID-19. Indonesia has closed schools in the capital of Jakarta for two weeks after confirmed cases jumped Saturday. New Zealand Australia is requiring all international arrivals to self-isolate for 14 days.

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