SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah rose Friday by 651, with 17 more deaths reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Eight of those deaths occurred before Feb. 5, but were still being investigated by forensic doctors, according to the health department.
The Department of Health estimates there are 17,979 active cases of the disease in Utah. According to the health department, another 22,092 doses of vaccine were administered as of Friday.
According to the health department, the average continued number of positive cases per day for seven days is 694. The percentage of positive tests per day for this time period communicated with the “people on people” method is now 12.3 %. The positive seven-day test rate calculated using the “test over test” method is now 5.6%.
There are currently 231 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 94 in intensive care, according to state data. About 73% of intensive care beds in Utah are filled as of Friday, including about 77% of ICU beds at the state’s 16 reference hospitals. About 53% of non-ICU hospital beds are occupied on Friday.
A total of 682,536 vaccines have been administered in the state, up from 660,444 on Thursday. Of these, 239,877 are second doses of the vaccine, according to data from the health department.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.2% in positive cases since Thursday. Of the 2,194,674 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah to date, 16.9% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests performed has increased to 3,781,119 on Friday, an increase of 15,599 over Thursday. Of these, 5,498 were tests of people who had not been tested for COVID-19.
Friday’s totals give Utah 370,084 confirmed cases in total, with 14,628 total hospitalizations and 1,907 deaths from the disease. A total of 350,198 cases of COVID-19 in Utah are now estimated to be recovered, according to state data.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox presented a pandemic update at a news conference Thursday.
This story will be updated.
