SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 658 on Wednesday, with two more deaths and 23,904 more vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The state now estimates that there are 13,444 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah.
The average number of positive cases per day for seven days is now 520, 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 8.6%. The positive test rate per day, averaged over seven days, calculated using the “test over test” method is now 4.16%.
There are 175 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 73 in intensive care, state data show. About 71% of all beds in intensive care units in Utah are occupied, including about 71% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 55% of all hospital beds outside the ICU are occupied, state data show.
902,391 vaccines have already been administered in the state, compared to 878,487 on Tuesday. There are now 589,997 Utahns who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 328,509 residents of the state have been fully vaccinated. A total of 1,108,275 doses of vaccines have been sent to Utah so far.
On Tuesday, Governor Spencer Cox’s office announced the government’s plan to open vaccine eligibility for all Utah adults, regardless of age or medical condition, by April 1.
“We anticipate that vaccine eligibility will open to all adults in the state on April 1 and we will likely have 1.5 million first doses in the state by April 10,” Cox spokeswoman Jennifer Napier-Pearce said in a statement. a statement on Tuesday night.
The Utah Transit Authority also announced that it would provide free tickets to anyone using public transport to reach a vaccine appointment. Any of the UTA transit modes will be free until June 30 for anyone traveling for a confirmed COVID-19 vaccination appointment, the agency said.
Wednesday’s new figures indicate an increase of 0.2% in positive cases since Tuesday. Of the 2,265,344 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.6% tested positive for the disease. The total number of tests carried out since the pandemic began is now 3,952,437, an increase of 18,159 since Tuesday. Of these, 7,955 were tests from people who had not been tested for COVID-19, according to the health department.
The two deaths reported on Wednesday were of a man from Juab County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died, as well as a woman from Tooele County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was a long-term resident. term care center, the health department said.
Wednesday’s totals give Utah 376,327 confirmed cases, with 14,986 hospitalizations and 1,992 deaths from the disease. A total of 360,891 Utah COVID-19 cases are now considered recovered, according to the health department.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox is scheduled to provide an update to the COVID-19 pandemic at a 11 am Thursday press conference.