The number of new cases jumped to more than 1,000 on Tuesday.
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Seventeen more Utahns died of COVID-19, the Utah Department of Health reported on Wednesday, while the number of new cases jumped from more than 1,000 to almost 1,300.
And the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals – and intensive care units – continued to increase slowly, after decreasing last week.
Vaccinations reported the day before / total vaccinations • 16,778 / 442,476.
Number of Utahns who received two doses • 117,305.
Cases reported the previous day • 1,299.
Deaths reported the day before • 17
Salt Lake County reported four deaths: a man aged 65 to 84 and two men and a woman aged 85 or older.
There were also four deaths in Weber County: a man aged 45 to 64, a man aged 65 to 84, and a man and woman aged 85 and over.
Three Utah County residents died: two men and a woman, all 85 and older.
Box Elder County reported two deaths: a man and a woman aged 65 to 84.
And there was a single death in each of the four counties – a 65- to 84-year-old man in Tooele County and three people aged 85 and over: a man in Cache County and women in Carbon and Wasatch counties.
Hospitalizations reported the previous day • 323. That’s four from Tuesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 131 are in intensive care units – seven more than on Tuesday.
Tests reported the day before • 8,988 people were tested for the first time. A total of 23,334 people were tested on Tuesday.
Percentage of positive tests • In the original state method, the rate is 14.5%. This is slightly lower than the 15.3% seven-day average.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. That rate is now at 5.6%, below the seven-day average of 7%.
Totals to date • 357,339 cases; 1,765 deaths; 14,007 hospitalizations; 2,094,809 people tested.
