There were three deaths the day before and another 12 before March 1.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nate Marine receives his first COVID-19 vaccine from Dr. Emil Chuang at Utah Film Studios in Park City on Thursday, March 18, 2021.
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As the number of Utahns vaccinated against COVID-19 continues to increase – almost 1.2 million doses have been administered and almost 430,000 are fully vaccinated – so is the death toll.
The Utah Department of Health reported 15 more deaths on Tuesday from the coronavirus, bringing the total to 2,077. A dozen of those deaths occurred before March 1 and have only recently been confirmed to be related to COVID-19.
Vaccine doses administered the previous day / total doses administered • 23,950 / 1,178,728.
Fully vaccinated Utahns • 429,306.
Cases reported the previous day • 383.
Deaths reported the day before • 15
Salt Lake County reported five deaths: one man and four women, all aged 65 to 84 years.
There were four deaths in Utah County: a man aged 45 to 64, a woman aged 65 to 84, and a man and woman aged 85 and over.
Three Davis County residents died: a man aged 65-84 and two men over 85.
And three counties reported one death each: A man between 45 and 64 in Cache County; a man over 85 in Garfield County; and a 65- to 84-year-old woman in Weber County.
Hospitalizations reported the previous day • 131. That’s 16 Starting on Monday. Of those currently hospitalized, 49 are in intensive care units – three fewer than on Monday.
Tests reported the day before • 6,022 people were tested for the first time. A total of 15,624 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • In the original state method, the rate is 6.4%. This is less than the seven-day average of 7.8%.
The new state method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. Tuesday’s rate is now at 2.5%, lower than the 7-day average of 4%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 382,171 cases; 2,077 deaths; 15,323 hospitalizations; 2,340,071 people tested.