The death toll comes close to 2,000 as Salt Lake County launches a campaign to promote vaccination.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Heidi Enger is preparing for the vaccination of Covid 19, at Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City, on Monday, March 1, 2021.
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For the third consecutive day, Utah reported less than 500 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. That number increased by 230 from Monday, but the number of tests more than doubled – from about 6,500 on Sunday to more than 14,500 on Monday.
The death toll continued to rise, with nine more deaths reported on Tuesday. Two of them occurred before February 9 and have only recently been confirmed to be related to the coronavirus.
Vaccinations given the day before / total vaccinations • 20,268 / 741,297.
Number of Utahns who received two doses • 263,173.
Cases reported the previous day • 487.
Deaths reported the day before • Nine.
Salt Lake County reported two deaths: a woman aged 65-84 and a woman over 85.
There were also two deaths in Utah County: a man aged 65 to 84 and a man over 85.
Five counties reported one death each: A 65-84 year old man in Davis County; a 45- to 64-year-old man in Summit County; a 65-84 year old man in Tooele County; a 65-84 year old man in Washington County; and a 45- to 64-year-old woman in Weber County.
Hospitalizations reported the previous day • 213 This is a fall Starting on Monday. Of those currently hospitalized, 92 are in intensive care units – three more than on Monday.
Tests reported the day before • 5,582 people were tested for the first time. A total of 14,540 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • In the original state method, the rate is 8.7%. This is less than the 10.5% seven-day average.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. Tuesday’s rate is now at 3.3%, below the 7-day average of 4.9%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 371,979 cases; 1,949 deaths; 14,753 hospitalizations; 2,214,506 people tested.
Also on Tuesday, the Salt Lake County Health Department released its new public awareness campaign and website, developed around the theme “This Is Our Shot”. Advertising will direct residents to ThisIsOurShot.com for information on COVID-19 vaccines: who is eligible, where to get vaccinated and more.
“It is important that we inform Salt Lake County residents and others in our community in a timely and straightforward manner, as details and information change frequently,” said Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson in a statement.
Headlines include: “This is our chance. Let’s get it, ”“ This is our chance. To embrace again, ”“ This is our chance. It’s here, it’s effective, it’s free ”and“ This is our chance. To get back to normal. “
“Our primary goal is to encourage people living in Salt Lake County and surrounding areas about the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID through outreach, education and awareness,” said Gary Edwards, executive director of the Salt Lake County Department of Health. , in a statement. “A secondary objective of this campaign is to be a resource for accurate information.”