SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 487 on Tuesday, with nine more deaths and an additional 20,268 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Two of those deaths occurred before February 9, but were still being investigated by the state’s medical examiner, the health department said. There are now about 16,293 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah, state data show.
The average number of positive cases per day over seven days is now 603, according to the health department. The rate of positive test per day for that time period reported with the “people over people” method is now 10.5%. The positive test rate per day, averaged over seven days calculated using the “test over test” method is now 4.9%.
There are 213 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 92 in intensive care units, state data show. About 67% of all beds in intensive care units in Utah are occupied on Tuesday, including about 71% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 46% of hospital beds outside the ICU are now occupied in Utah.
A total of 741,297 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 721,029 on Monday. Of these, 263,173 are second doses of the vaccine.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,214,506 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.8% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests carried out since the pandemic began is now 3,828,322, an increase of 14,540 over Monday. Of these, 5,582 are tests from people who had not taken the previous test for COVID-19, according to state data.
The nine deaths reported on Tuesday include:
- A man from Davis County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- Salt Lake County woman over 85 years old and residing in a long-term care facility
- 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 between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A man from Tooele County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A man from Utah County who was over 85 years old and a resident of a long-term institution
- A Utah county man who was 65 to 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A man from Washington County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A woman from Weber County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died
Tuesday’s total gives Utah 371,979 confirmed cases, with 14,753 hospitalizations and 1,949 deaths from the disease. It is estimated that 353,737 Utah COVID-19 cases are now considered recovered, reports the health department.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox is scheduled to provide his weekly pandemic update at 11 am on Thursday, according to his office.
