SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health reported another 701 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10 more deaths from the disease on Sunday in the daily update of coronavirus statistics in the state of Beehive.
Seven of those deaths occurred before Feb. 1, the department said, but were still under investigation. The Utah update comes the same way The United States passed 500,000 nationally recognized COVID-19 deaths on Sunday.
The health department also said another 9,123 vaccines were given in Utah on Saturday.
In the last week, Utah has an average of 777 new cases reported per day and a positive test rate of 6.31%. Currently, 241 Utahns have been hospitalized for COVID-19, including 100 in intensive care.
Sunday’s numbers come with 10,454 additional test results reported to the health department.
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Overall, Utah recorded 366,735 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 1,852 deaths and 14,445 hospitalizations since the beginning of the pandemic, while 607,557 doses of vaccine were administered. Of these vaccines, 205,388 were the second dose. Both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses for maximum effect, although Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking approval for a single-dose vaccine.
Utah deaths reported Sunday include:
- A woman from Davis County, aged between 65 and 84, who was hospitalized when she died
- A Davis County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man from Iron County, aged between 65 and 84, who was not hospitalized when he died
- A 65-year-old woman from Salt Lake County who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A 65-year-old man from Salt Lake County who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A woman from Salt Lake County, aged 65 to 84, who was hospitalized
- A woman in Sevier County over the age of 85 who was a resident of a long-term care institution
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man from Utah County over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized
Gov. Spencer Cox and Utah health officials are expected to address the public at their regular weekly press conference later this week; the conference usually takes place on Thursday. The state is currently offering coronavirus vaccination to Utahns over the age of 65 and will begin offering the vaccine to Utahns with certain comorbidities from March 1.
A list of eligible comorbidities is available on the state website with coronavirus information.
The state’s goal is to vaccinate all adults who want the shot by the end of May.
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Methodology:
Test results now include data from PCR tests and antigen tests. Positive COVID-19 test results are reported to the health department immediately after confirmation, but negative test results cannot be reported for 24 to 72 hours.
The total number of cases reported daily by the Utah Department of Health includes all COVID-19 cases since the onset of the Utah outbreak, including those currently infected, those recovering from the disease, and those who have died.
Recovered cases are defined as anyone who was diagnosed with COVID-19 three or more weeks ago and did not die.
The referral hospitals are the 16 hospitals in Utah with the capacity to provide the best COVID-19 healthcare.
State-reported deaths usually occurred two to seven days before they are reported, according to the health department. Some deaths may come from the back, especially if the person is from Utah but died in another state.
The Department of Health reports both confirmed and probable deaths in the COVID-19 case, as defined by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiology. The number of deaths may change as case investigations are completed.
For deaths that are reported as COVID-19 deaths, the person would not have died if they did not have COVID-19, according to the health department.
The ‘people over people’ method for the average seven-day positive test rate is calculated by dividing the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 by the total number of people tested. The “test-by-test” method is calculated by dividing the total number of positive tests by the total number of tests administered.
The data included in this story primarily reflects the state of Utah as a whole. For more localized data, visit the local health district website.
More information on Utah health guidance levels is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/utah-health-guidance-levels.
The information comes from the Utah Department of Health and coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts. For more information on how the Utah Department of Health compiles and reports COVID-19 data, visit coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts and scroll down to the “Data Notes” section at the bottom of the page.