The state registers 570 new cases of the virus and five more deaths.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amanda Bayly administers a Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccination for Jay Gaisford at TOSH – The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Murray on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Governor Spencer Cox announced on Thursday that the age of Utahns Over 50 can start making appointments to receive their COVID-19 vaccines next Monday, said Cox Utahns younger adults with certain health conditions, such as diabetes, type 1 or type 2 , obesity with a BMI index of 30 or higher and anyone with chronic kidney disease will also be eligible.
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Utah saw its smallest number of people with COVID-19 in intensive care units on Saturday since the beginning of October.
The state health department said there were 75 people with the virus in the ICU on Saturday. After October 5, when there were 79 in the ICU, that number fluctuated to 231 in the following months.
Saturday also marked the lowest number of people currently hospitalized by COVID-19 in general, at 194, since the beginning of October.
Vaccinations given the day before / total vaccinations • 26,098 / 843,032.
Fully vaccinated Utahns • 304,168.
Cases reported the previous day • 570.
Deaths reported the day before • 5
Salt Lake County reported the deaths of three women. One was between 25 and 44 years old, another was between 45 and 64 years old and the third was over 85 years old.
The counties of Weber and Uintah each reported a death – a man and a woman, respectively – both aged 45 to 64 years.
Hospitalizations reported the previous day • 194. This is nine below Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 77 are in intensive care units – eight fewer than on Friday.
Tests reported the day before • 7,052 people were tested for the first time. A total of 18,594 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • In the original state method, the rate is 8.1%. This is slightly lower than the 9.5% seven-day average.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. Saturday’s rate is now at 3.1%, below the seven-day average of 4.6%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 374,438 cases; 1,975 deaths; 14,867 hospitalizations; 2,243,694 people tested.