SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah rose 487 on Tuesday, with nine more deaths and 20,268 reported vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Two of those deaths occurred before Feb. 9, but were still being investigated by the state doctor’s office, the health department said. Currently, an estimated 16,293 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah, state data show.
The average continuous number of seven positive days a day is now 603, according to the health department. The positive daily test rate for that period compared to the ‘people over people’ method is now 10.5%. The positive seven-day positive test rate calculated using the ‘test-by-test’ method is now 4.9%.
There are 213 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 92 in intensive care units, state data show. About 67% of all beds in intensive care units in Utah are occupied on Tuesday, including about 71% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 46% of non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied in Utah.
A total of 741,297 vaccines were administered in the state, increasing from 721,029 months. Of these, 263,173 are the second dose of vaccine.
The new figures show a 0.1% increase in positive cases on Monday. Of the 2,214,506 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah to date, 16.8% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests performed since the beginning of the pandemic is now 3,828,322, up 14,540 from Monday. Of these, 5,582 are tests in individuals who have not been previously tested for COVID-19, according to state data.
The nine deaths reported on Tuesday include:
- A man from Davis County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- A woman in Salt Lake County who was over 85 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A woman from Salt Lake County, who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when she died
- A man from Summit County, who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A man from Tooele County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man over the age of 85 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man from Utah County, who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A man from Washington County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A woman from Weber County, who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died
Tuesday’s total gives Utah 371,979 confirmed cases in total, with 14,753 hospitalizations in total and 1,949 deaths in total from the disease. An estimated 353,737 cases in Utah COVID-19 are now considered recovered, the Department of Health reports.
Spencer Cox, the governor of Utah, is scheduled to provide the weekly pandemic update at 11 a.m. Thursday, according to his office.
