SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health reported 701 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10 more deaths from the disease on Sunday in its daily update on hive state coronavirus statistics.
Seven of those deaths occurred before February 1, the department said, but were still under investigation. The Utah update comes as the United States exceeded 500,000 recognized COVID-19 deaths nationwide on Sunday.
The health department also said 9,123 more vaccines have been administered in Utah since Saturday.
Last week, Utah registered an average of 777 new cases per day and a positive test rate of 6.31%. There are currently 241 Utahns hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 100 in intensive care.
Sunday’s numbers arrive as 10,454 plus test results have been reported to the health department.
US reaches 500,000 deaths from coronavirus, according to @NBCNews score. https://t.co/sQC6FXgbPN
– Breaking news (@BreakingNews) February 21, 2021
Overall, Utah has seen 366,735 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 1,852 deaths and 14,445 hospitalizations since the pandemic began, while 607,557 doses of vaccine have been administered. Of these vaccines, 205,388 were secondary doses. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses for maximum effect, although Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking approval for a single dose vaccine.
Utah deaths reported on Sunday include:
- Davis County woman aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized on death
- A Davis County man between 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- An Iron County man between 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized when he died
- Salt Lake County woman aged 65 to 84 who was a resident of a long-term care institution
- A Salt Lake County man between 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care institution
- A woman from Salt Lake County between 65 and 84 who was hospitalized
- A woman from Sevier County over 85 who was a resident of a long-term institution
- A Utah county man between 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Utah county man over 85 who was not hospitalized
- A Utah county man between 65 and 84 who was hospitalized
Governor Spencer Cox and Utah health officials are expected to address the public at its regular weekly news conference later this week; the conference usually takes place on Thursdays. The state is currently offering coronavirus vaccination to Utahns aged 65 and over and will begin offering the Utahns vaccine with certain comorbidities on March 1.
A list of eligible comorbidities is available on the state’s coronavirus information website.
The state’s goal is to vaccinate all adults who want the injection by the end of May.
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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 “people over people” method for the average seven-day positive test rate is calculated by dividing the number of people positive for COVID-19 by the total number of people tested. The “test over test” method is calculated by dividing the total number of positive tests by the total number of tests administered.
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.