SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 338 on Monday, with a new death reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
This marks the lowest total new cases in a single day since September 9, when Utah reported 314 new cases.
There are now about 20,255 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. The average number of positive cases per day for seven days is now 760, 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 13.3%. The positive test rate per day, averaged over seven days calculated using the “test over test” method is now 6%.
There are 237 patients with COVID-19 currently hospitalized in Utah, including 99 in intensive care, state data show. About 70% of all beds in intensive care units in Utah are occupied, including 73% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, according to the health department. About 49% of non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied in Utah.
611,910 vaccines have already been administered in the state, compared to 607,557 on Sunday. Of these, 206,887 are second doses of the vaccine, according to the health department.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,166,505 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.9% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests carried out since the pandemic began is now 3,706,475, an increase of 5,931 since Sunday. Of these, 2,892 were tests from people who had not taken the previous test for COVID-19.
The death reported on Monday was a woman from Wasatch County who was between 45 and 64 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility.
Monday’s totals give Utah 367,073 confirmed cases, with 14,466 hospitalizations and 1,853 deaths from the disease. There are now 344,965 recovered COVID-19 cases estimated in Utah, state data show.
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.
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 seven-day average positive test rate is calculated by dividing the number of people tested 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.