Six of the deaths occurred before March 1.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aaron Dickey, 91, watches his wife Marion Dickey, 83, as the two receive their second COVID-19 vaccine from Utah County Health Department nurse Janeen Hamel in Spanish Fork, March 25, 2021.
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The number of new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday remained below 500 again – a welcome sign in the state’s struggle to control the disease.
But to alleviate the good news, COVID-19 hospitalizations and patients in the intensive care unit have increased slightly, according to data from the Utah Department of Health.
UDOH also reported another 10 deaths due to the coronavirus. Six of them occurred before March 1 and have only recently been confirmed to be caused by COVID-19.
Vaccine doses administered the previous day / total doses administered • 27,583 / 1,289,691.
Fully vaccinated Utahns • 470,905.
Cases reported the previous day • 460.
Deaths reported the day before • 10
Salt Lake County reported three deaths: a man between 45 and 64 years old and a man and woman over 85 years old.
There were two deaths in Davis County: a man aged 45 to 64 and a woman aged 85 or older.
Two Utah county residents died: two women, both over the age of 85.
Three counties reported a single death: A 45- to 64-year-old woman in Weber County; a 45- to 64-year-old man in Beaver County; and a 65-84 year old man in Washington County.
Hospitalizations reported the previous day • 137. Increase of seven since Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 56 are in intensive care units – six more than on Friday.
Tests reported the day before • 6,048 people were tested for the first time. A total of 14,289 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • In the original state method, the rate is 7.6%. This is greater than the seven-day average of 7.4%.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. Saturday’s rate is now at 3.2%, below the seven-day average of 3.7%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 384,173 cases; 2,101 deaths; 15,441 hospitalizations; 2,368,017 people tested.