SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 514 on Monday, with two more deaths reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
There are now about 30,559 active cases of the disease in Utah. The average number of positive cases per day over seven days is now 1,133, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that period is now 15.4%.
There are now 308 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 112 in intensive care, state data show. About 73% of hospital beds in Utah’s intensive care unit are occupied, including about 79% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, state data show. About 50% of Utah’s non-ICU hospital beds are occupied on Monday.
417,024 vaccines have already been administered in the state, compared to 413,937 on Sunday. Of these, 103,806 are second doses of the vaccine, according to state data.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,079,688 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 17.1% tested positive for COVID-19. The state has carried out 3,480,503 tests in total since the pandemic began; up to 7,216 since Sunday. Of these, 3,653 were tests from people who had not taken the previous test for COVID-19, according to the health department.
One of the deaths reported on Monday was a man from Washington County who was 65 to 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died. The other death was a woman from Utah County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died.
Monday’s totals give Utah 355,122 confirmed cases, with 13,889 hospitalizations and 1,738 deaths from the disease. It is estimated that 322,825 Utah COVID-19 cases were considered recovered, the health department said.
There is no COVID-19 press conference scheduled for Monday. Utah officials often provide updates at press conferences once a week, on Wednesdays or Thursdays.
This story will be updated.
Methodology:
The test results now include data from PCR tests and antigen tests. Positive results from the COVID-19 test are reported to the health department immediately after they are confirmed, but negative test results can take 24 to 72 hours.
The total number of cases reported by the Utah Department of Health each day includes all cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the Utah outbreak, including those who are infected, those who have recovered from the disease and those who have died.
Recovered cases are defined as anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 three or more weeks ago and has not died.
Referral hospitals are Utah’s 16 hospitals capable of providing the best COVID-19 healthcare.
Deaths reported by the state typically occurred two to seven days before they were reported, according to the health department. Some deaths can be even older, especially if the person is from Utah, but died in another state.
The health department reports deaths from confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases according to the case definition outlined by the State Council and Territorial Epidemiologists. Death counts are subject to change as case investigations are completed.
For deaths reported as deaths from COVID-19, the person would not have died if they did not have COVID-19, according to the health department.
The data included in this story mainly reflects the state of Utah as a whole. For more localized data, visit your local health district’s website.
More information about Utah’s health guidance levels is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/utah-health-guidance-levels.
The information is from the Utah Department of Health and coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts. For more information on how the Utah Department of Health compiles and reports COVID-19 data, visit coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts and scroll down to the “Data Notes” section at the bottom of the page.