SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health reported on Sunday 396 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, along with six more deaths from the disease and another 15,861 vaccines administered against it.
The state now has an average of 507 new cases reported per day and a positive test rate of 4.12% in the last week.
There are currently 167 Utahns reportedly hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 63 in intensive care. Sunday’s numbers arrive when 7,397 more tests have been conducted.
Overall, the state has confirmed 378,379 cases of COVID-19 and conducted 4,007,693 tests. It administered 1,009,029 vaccines – exceeding the 1 million mark, as Governor Spencer Cox promised on Saturday – and lost 2,027 residents with the virus.
“The state of Utah has reached a significant milestone today in the battle against COVID-19. More than one million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the state,” the health department said in a statement. “For those of you who have already had your injections, thank you. For the rest of you, please get the vaccine when it’s your turn. That’s how we get our lives back.”
Of these more than one million vaccines administered, 365,176 Utahns are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Complete vaccination requires one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine or two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines.
The six deaths reported on Sunday were:
- A Davis County man over 85 who was a resident of a long-term care institution
- A man from Salt Lake County between 45 and 64 who was hospitalized when he died
- Utah county woman aged 65 to 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Utah county man between 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized when he died
- Two Utah County men aged 45 to 64 who were hospitalized
There is no press conference scheduled for state leaders on coronavirus over the weekend. Cox will hold his regular weekly press conference later this week; the conference usually takes place on Thursdays.