SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah rose 383 on Tuesday, with 15 more deaths and 23,950 reported vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Twelve of the deaths occurred before March 1, but were still being investigated by state doctors, the health department said.
Health officials now estimate that there are 10,536 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. According to the Department of Health, the average number of positive cases per day for seven days is now 443. The positive daily test rate for that period compared to the “people over people” method is now 7.8%. The average positive seven-day test rate calculated using the ‘test-by-test’ method is now 4%.
There are 131 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 49 in intensive care, state data show. About 64% of the beds in intensive care units in Utah are now occupied, including about 66% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 47% of non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied, state data show.
A total of 1,178,728 doses of vaccine were administered in the state, increasing from 1,154,778 months. A total of 780,081 Utahns have now received at least one dose of vaccine, and 429,306 are fully vaccinated, according to the health department. A total of 1,323,050 doses of vaccine have been shipped to Utah so far.
The new figures show a 0.1% increase in positive cases on Monday. Of the 2,340,071 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah to date, 16.3% tested positive for the disease. The total number of tests performed since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 4,124,865, up 15,624 months. Of these, 6,022 were tests in people who had not been previously tested for COVID-19, the health department said.
The 15 deaths reported on Tuesday were:
- A man from Cache County, who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A man from Davis County who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care institution
- Two men in Davis County who were over 85 and were residents of long-term care facilities
- A man from Garfield County who was over 85 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- Two women from Salt Lake County who were between the ages of 65 and 84 and were residents of long-term care facilities
- A man from Salt Lake County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- Two women from Salt Lake County who were between 65 and 84 years old and were not hospitalized when they died
- A Utah County woman between the ages of 65 and 84 living in a long-term care facility
- A woman in Utah County who was over 85 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man from Utah County who was over 85 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- A man from Utah County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- A woman from Weber County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was a resident of a long-term care institution
Tuesday’s total gives Utah 382,171 confirmed cases, with 15,323 total hospitalizations and 2,077 total deaths from the disease. A total of 369,558 cases in Utah COVID-19 are now considered recovered, according to the health department.
Spencer Cox and U. Deidre Henderson, the governor of Utah, are scheduled to deliver a COVID-19 pandemic update at a news conference on Thursday at 11 a.m.