Six of the deaths occurred before March 1.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) 91-year-old Aaron Dickey is following his wife Marion Dickey, 83, when the two received their second COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Janeen Hamel of the Utah County Department of Health, in Spanish Fork, March 25, 2021.
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The number of new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday fell below 500 again – a welcome sign in the state’s fight to control the disease.
But tempering the good news, hospitalizations at COVID-19 and patients in the intensive care unit rose slightly, according to figures from the Utah Department of Health.
The UDOH also reported 10 more coronavirus deaths. Six of these occurred before March 1 and were only recently confirmed to be caused by COVID-19.
Last day vaccine doses / total doses administered • 27,583 / 1,289,691.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 470,905.
Cases reported the other day • 460.
Deaths reported last day • 10.
Salt Lake County reported three deaths: a 45-64-year-old man and an 85-year-old man and woman.
There were two deaths in Davis County: a 45-64-year-old man and a 85-year-old woman.
Two Utah County residents died: two women, both 85 years old.
Three counties each reported one death: a 45-64-year-old woman in Weber County; a 45-64 year old man in Beaver County; and a 65-84 man in Washington County.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 137. That increased by seven on Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 56 are in intensive care units – six more than on Friday.
Tests reported the other day • 6,048 people were tested for the first time. A total of 14,289 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the initial state method, the rate is 7.6%. This is higher than the seven-day average of 7.4%.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Saturday’s rate is now 3.2%, lower than the seven-day average of 3.7%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals so far • 384,173 cases; 2,101 deaths; 15,441 hospitalizations; 2,368,017 people tested.