SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased Friday by 422, with six more deaths and 40,049 reported vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Four of the deaths occurred before March 1, but were still being investigated by state doctors, the health department said.
The average continuous number of seven positive days a day is now 407, according to the health department. The positive daily test rate for that time period compared to the “people over people” method is now 6.9%. The positive daily test rate, averaged over seven days, calculated using the “test over test” method is now 3.4%.
There are now 138 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 46 in intensive care, state data show. About 64 percent of all hospital beds in Utah’s intensive care units have been occupied since Friday, including about 67 percent of the intensive care beds in 16 state-run hospitals, according to the health department. About 53% of Utah’s non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied.
A total of 1,450,263 doses of vaccine were administered in the state, up from 1,410,214 on Thursday. A total of 948,468 Utahns have now received at least one dose of vaccine, while 541,293 are now fully vaccinated. A total of 1,691,460 doses of the vaccine have now been delivered to Utah, state data show.
The new figures indicate a 0.1% increase in positive cases on Thursday. Of the 2,400,410 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.1% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests performed since the beginning of the pandemic increased to 4,268,946, increasing by 14,258 on Thursday. Of these, 5,761 were tests in individuals who had not been previously tested for COVID-19, according to state data.
The six deaths reported on Friday were:
- A woman from Davis County who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care institution
- A woman from Millard County, who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when she died
- A man from Salt Lake County, who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A woman from Salt Lake County, who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when she died
- A woman in Utah County who was over 85 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man from Weber County who was over 85 years old and a resident of a long-term care institution
Friday’s total in Utah offers 386,550 confirmed cases in total, with 15,573 total hospitalizations and 2,131 total deaths from the disease.
Utah House Bill 294, also known as the state’s COVID-19 “endgame” bill, requires all pandemic-related state and local health orders in Utah to end on the day the 14-day case rate of the state is less than 191 per 100,000 people, the seven-day average use of the COVID-19 intensive care unit is below 15%, and 1,633,000 prime doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been allocated in Utah.
The state now meets the benchmark in the first and second values. The 14-day case rate is 180.3 since Friday, and the seven-day average of UTI’s COVID-19 UV is about 10.3%, according to data from the health department. A total of 920,515 primary doses of vaccine have been allocated in Utah, according to the health department.
Utah leaders on Thursday offered an update on the COVID-19 pandemic.
