SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health’s COVID-19 report on Wednesday shows an increase of 1,299 confirmed cases – bringing the state total to 357,339 – and 17 additional deaths.
So far, 2,094,809 people in Utah have been tested for the disease.
A total of 442,476 vaccines have already been administered in Utah.
323 people in Utah are currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
1,765 people in Utah died of COVID-19. The 17 deaths announced on Friday are
- Male, 45-64 years old, resident in Weber County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Male, over 85, resident of Salt Lake County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Male, over 85, resident of Salt Lake County, resident of long-term care institution
- Male, 65-84 years old, resident in Salt Lake County, not hospitalized at the time of death
- Woman, over 85, resident in Weber County, resident in long-term care institution
- Woman, over 85, resident in Carbon County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Male, over 85, resident of Cache County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Woman, over 85, resident in Utah County, resident in long-term care institution
- Male. over 85, resident in Weber County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Male, 65-84, resident of Box Elder County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Woman, over 85, resident of Wasatch County, resident of long-term care institution
- Male, over 85, resident of Utah County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Male, over 85 years old, resident in Utah County, resident in long-term care institution
- Woman, over 85, resident in Salt Lake County, resident in long-term care institution
- Woman, 65-84, resident of Box Elder County, resident of long-term care institution
- Male, between 65 and 84 years old, resident in Tooele County, hospitalized at the time of death
- Male, between 65 and 84 years old, resident in Weber County, resident in long-term care institution
UDOH is releasing some new types of statistics on the state’s positive COVID-19 rates. More details on these statistics appear below:
Tendencies:
Note: UDOH is now reporting two percent positive measures. A measure is determined by dividing the total number of unique individuals with a positive test by the unique number of people tested. We call this the “people over people” method. This method does not take into account people who have repeated positive or negative tests in the past 90 days. This is the method we use to report a positive percentage since the start of the pandemic. This influences the highest positivity percentage in the current test environment.
We will also report the percentage of positivity based on the total number of positive tests divided by the total number of tests administered. We call this the “test on test” method, this method is now used by at least 37 other states and provides a better comparison of what is happening across the country. This method is responsible for people who repeat positive or negative test results and more accurately reflects our increase in tests. This influences the percentage of positivity down in the current test environment.
Although the percentage of specific positivity is different between the two methods, the general trends for each are very similar.
You can watch a discussion of these two methods here [youtube.com], or you can read more about them here [coronavirus.utah.gov].
The continuous average of 7 days for the percentage of positivity of “people over people” is 15.3%. The 7-day continuous average for the percentage positivity of “tests over tests” is 7.0%.