Utah has 338 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest since September

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nurse Jana Arnold, disinfecting her covid-19 vaccination workspace on Friday, did not have many adults taking the suckers she put on her table. Jordan school district employees were invited to West Hills Middle School to receive coronavirus vaccination on February 12, 2021.

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The number of daily cases of COVID-19 in Utah reached its lowest level since September 9, and only one death was reported on Monday.

The average seven-day dose of vaccine in the arms increased slightly on Sunday, after falling for most of the week. Sunday’s average was 12,411 doses a day – up from 11,937 on Saturday, well below the February 14 average of 15,723.

A reason for last week’s decline, a Utah Department of Health spokesman said Monday that a shipment of 36,000 doses of the Modern vaccine the state was expecting to arrive last week did not, due to bad weather in Utah. east. These doses are expected to arrive in Utah on Monday or Tuesday, the spokesman said.

Vaccinations reported in previous / total day vaccinations 4,353 / 611,910.

Number of Utahns who received two doses • 206,887.

Cases reported the other day • 338.

Deaths reported last day • One, a woman from Wasatch County between the ages of 45 and 64.

Hospitalizations reported last day • 237. It fell four on Sunday. Of those currently hospitalized, 99 are in intensive care units – one less than on Sunday.

Tests reported the other day • 5,931.

Percentage of positive tests • According to the initial state method, the rate is 11.7%. This is lower than the seven-day average of 13.3%.

His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Monday’s rate is now at 5.7%, lower than the seven-day average of 6.0%.

[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]

Totals so far • 367,073 cases; 1,853 deaths; 14,466 hospitalizations; 2,166,505 people tested.

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