SALT LAKE CITY – In the daily update of COVID-19 statistics in Utah, the state health department reported 1,516 new positive tests and another 13 deaths caused by the disease on Sunday.
Four of those deaths occurred before the new year, officials said, but were still under investigation. Overall, this brings the state to 336,405 confirmed cases and 1,595 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Currently, 461 Utahns are reported to be hospitalized due to COVID-19, including 182 in intensive care. Sunday’s numbers came in, while 14,575 other test results were reported and 7,331 Utahns were tested for the virus for the first time.
In the last week, the state has an average of 1,794 new cases reported per day and a positive test rate of 19.4%.
The health department says 6,073 more vaccines have been administered since yesterday’s report, for a total of 228,348 so far. More than 28,000 Utahns received a second dose of the vaccine.
Deaths reported on Sunday include:
- A man from Salt Lake County, aged 65 to 84, who was hospitalized when he died
- A 65-year-old woman from Salt Lake County who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man from Salt Lake County over the age of 85 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man from Salt Lake County between the ages of 45 and 64 not hospitalized when he died
- A man from Uintah County, aged between 65 and 84, who was not hospitalized
- A Utah County man between the ages of 25 and 44 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- Three men in Utah County between the ages of 65 and 84 who were hospitalized
- A woman in Utah County over the age of 85 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A woman from Washington County, aged 65 to 84, who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A woman from Washington County who was over 85 years old not hospitalized
- A woman from Weber County, aged between 65 and 84, who was not hospitalized
Together, Salt Lake and Utah counties now account for 62% of reported state cases and 58% of its deaths.
There is no coronavirus press conference by state leaders scheduled for Sunday. Governor Spencer Cox and health officials will update the public at a conference later this week; usually occurs on Thursday.
Last week
- Saturday: Governor Cox says getting more vaccines shouldn’t be like the “Hunger Games”; Another 1,771 cases of COVID were reported on Saturday
- Friday: Another 2,649 COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths reported Friday in Utah
- Thursday: Utah using almost all doses of COVID-19 vaccine as state sees 2,089 new cases, 30 deaths
- Wednesday: Another 2,159 COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths reported Wednesday in Utah
- Tuesday: Another 1,302 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths reported Tuesday in Utah
- months: 1,082 New COVID Cases Reported Monday as Utah Marks 1,500 Deaths During Pandemic
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 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.
Graham Dudley