SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah rose Tuesday by 487, with nine more deaths and 20,268 more vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Two of those deaths occurred before Feb. 9, but were still being investigated by the state medical office, the health department said. There are now an estimated 16,293 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah, according to state data.
According to the health department, the average number of continuous positive cases per day for seven days is 603. The percentage of positive tests per day for this time period communicated with the “people on people” method is now 10.5 %. The positive seven-day test rate calculated using the “test over test” method is now 4.9%.
There are currently 213 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Utah, including 92 in intensive care units, according to state data. Approximately 67% of all intensive care beds in Utah are occupied on Tuesday, including approximately 71% of the ICU beds at the state’s 16 reference hospitals. Approximately 46% of non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied in Utah.
A total of 741,297 vaccines have been administered in the state, up from 721,029 on Monday. Of these, 263,173 are second doses of the vaccine.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,214,506 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah to date, 16.8% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests conducted since the beginning of the pandemic is now 3,828,322, an increase of 14,540 from Monday. Of these, 5,582 are tests from people who had not been previously tested for COVID-19, according to state data.
The nine deaths reported on Tuesday include:
- A man from Davis County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- A Salt Lake County woman who was over 85 years old and resided in a long-term care center
- A woman from Salt Lake County who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was hospitalized when she died
- A man from Summit County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A man from Tooele County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man who was over 85 and resided in a long-term care facility
- A Utah County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A Washington County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A woman from Weber County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died
Tuesday’s total gives Utah 371,979 confirmed cases, with 14,753 hospitalizations and 1,949 deaths from disease. An estimated 353,737 cases of COVID-19 in Utah are considered recovered, according to the health department.
According to his office, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will provide his weekly pandemic update at 11 a.m.
