SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 481 on Tuesday, with five more deaths and 16,373 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The health department estimates that there are now 11,668 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. The average number of positive cases per day for seven days is now 492, according to the health department. The rate of positive test per day for that period of time reported with the “people over people” method is now 8.3%. The positive test rate per day, averaged over seven days calculated using the “test over test” method is now 4.1%.
There are 171 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 55 in intensive care, state data show. About 67% of beds in Utah’s intensive care units are occupied, including 68% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, according to the health department. About 46% of hospital beds outside the ICU are now occupied in Utah.
1,027,073 vaccines have already been administered in the state, compared to 1,010,700 on Monday. A total of 679,409 Utahns have already received at least one dose of vaccine and 372,564 are fully vaccinated. A total of 1,213,260 doses of vaccine have been delivered to Utah, reports the health department.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,298,572 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.5% tested positive for the disease. The total number of tests carried out since the pandemic began is now 4,029,685, an increase of 15,610 since Monday. Of these, 5,476 were tests from people who had not taken the previous test for COVID-19, according to the health department.
The five deaths reported on Tuesday include:
- A woman from Salt Lake County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when she died
- A man from Summit County who was over 85 and was not hospitalized when he died
- A woman from Utah County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when she died
- A man from Washington County who was over 85 years old and was a resident of a long-term institution
- A Washington County man between the ages of 65 and 84 was a resident of a long-term care institution
Tuesday’s total gives Utah 379,081 confirmed cases, with 15,167 hospitalizations and 2,032 deaths from the disease. A total of 365,381 Utah COVID-19 cases are now considered recovered, according to the health department.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox is scheduled to provide an update on the pandemic at 10 am on Thursday during his monthly press conference with PBS Utah.
