SALT LAKE CITY – In its daily update of COVID-19 statistics in Utah, the state health department reported 1,516 new positive tests and another 13 deaths from the disease on Sunday.
Four of those deaths occurred before the new year, officials said, but were still under investigation. Overall, this brings the state to a total of 336,405 confirmed cases and 1,595 deaths since the pandemic began.
Currently, 461 Utahns are reported hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 182 in intensive care. Sunday’s numbers came when another 14,575 test results were reported and 7,331 Utahns were tested for the virus for the first time.
Last week, the state recorded an average of 1,794 new cases reported per day and a positive test rate of 19.4%.
The health department says 6,073 vaccines have been administered since yesterday’s report, for a total of 228,348 so far. More than 28,000 Utahns received a second dose of the vaccine.
Deaths reported on Sunday include:
- A Salt Lake County man between 65 and 84 who was hospitalized when he died
- A woman from Salt Lake County between 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care institution
- A Salt Lake 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 not hospitalized when he died
- A man from Uintah County between 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized
- A Utah county man between 25 and 44 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- Three Utah County men aged 65 to 84 who were hospitalized
- A woman from Utah County over 85 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- Washington County woman, aged 65 to 84, residing in a long-term care facility
- A Washington County woman over 85 who was not hospitalized
- A woman from Weber County between 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized
Together, Salt Lake and Utah counties now account for 62% of the state’s reported cases and 58% of their deaths.
There is no press conference on coronavirus by state leaders scheduled for Sunday. Governor Spencer Cox and health officials will update the public at a conference later this week; it usually takes place on Thursdays.
Last week
- Saturday: Governor Cox says getting more vaccines shouldn’t be like ‘Hunger Games’; 1,771 more COVID cases reported on Saturday
- Friday: 2,649 more COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths reported on Friday in Utah
- Thursday: Utah, using almost all doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as the state sees 2,089 new cases, 30 deaths
- Wednesday: 2,159 more COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths reported on Wednesday in Utah
- Tuesday: More 1,302 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths reported on Tuesday in Utah
- Monday: 1,082 new COVID cases reported on Monday as Utah marks 1,500 deaths during the pandemic
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.
Graham Dudley