SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased 549 on Friday, with five more deaths and 31,411 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
There are now about 14,586 active cases of the disease in Utah, according to the health department. The average number of positive cases per day for seven days is now 543, 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 9.8%. The rate of positive test per day, the seven-day average calculated using the “test on test” method is now 4.6%.
There are 203 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 85 in intensive care, state data show. About 72% of all beds in intensive care units in Utah are occupied, including 74% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 55% of non-ICU hospital beds are occupied, according to the health department.
816,934 vaccines have already been administered in the state, compared to 785,523 on Thursday. A total of 529,871 people received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 291,003 were fully vaccinated, according to data from the health department. A total of 990,790 vaccines have already been delivered to Utah.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Thursday. Of the 2,236,642 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.7% have tested positive for the disease or. The total number of tests carried out since the pandemic began is now 3,884,886, an increase of 16,934 since Thursday. Of these, 6,601 were tests from people who had not taken the previous test for COVID-19, according to the health department.
The five deaths reported on Friday include:
- A man from Cache County who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care institution
- A woman from Cache County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was a resident of a long-term care institution
- A man from Salt Lake County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A woman from Utah County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was a resident of a long-term institution
- A woman from Weber County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was a resident of a long-term institution
One of the deaths reported on Friday occurred before February 12, but was still being investigated by state coroners, according to the health department.
Friday’s total gives Utah 373,868 confirmed cases, with 14,841 hospitalizations and 1,970 deaths from the disease. A total of 357,312 Utah COVID-19 cases are now considered recovered, data from the health department show.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox provided an update on COVID-19 at a news conference on Thursday.