It is the second day in a row, with only one death recorded, but Utah has a total number of centimeters closer to 2,000.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amanda Bayly administers Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccination to Jay Gaisford at TOSH – Murray Orthopedic Hospital, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Governor Spencer Cox announced Thursday that Utahns Cox age 50 years and older can start scheduling for their COVID-19 vaccinations next month, said Cox Utahns younger adults with certain health conditions such as diabetes, type 1 or type 2, obesity with a BMI of 30 or older and anyone with chronic kidney disease will also be eligible.
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For the second day in a row, the Utah Department of Health reported only one death due to COVID-19 in the state.
The state also reported only 259 new cases of coronavirus, the fewest in the last six months. The number of tests on Sunday was also low (only about 5,500), as was the number of people who received vaccine doses (just over 2,000).
The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah has exceeded 375,000, and the number of Utahns who have been fully vaccinated is now more than 310,000.
Last day vaccine doses / total doses • 2,087 / 857,750.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 310,327.
Cases reported the other day • 259.
Deaths reported last day • One, a man from Washington County between the ages of 65 and 84.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 193. That’s past two on Sunday. Of those currently hospitalized, 73 are in intensive care units – unchanged since Sunday.
Tests reported the other day • 3,083 people were tested for the first time. A total of 5,530 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the initial state method, the rate is 8.4%. This is slightly lower than the seven-day average of 9.06%.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Monday’s rate is now 4.7%, slightly higher than the seven-day average of 4.38%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals so far • 375,109 cases; 1,977 deaths; 14,913 hospitalizations; 2,251,204 people tested.