SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah rose Wednesday by 2,614, with 21 more deaths reported, according to an update from the Utah Department of Health.
New COVID-19 case figures indicate a 1% increase in positive cases since Tuesday. According to the health department, the average number of positive cases per seven-day day is 2,033. The percentage of positive tests per day for this time period is now 25%. There are now 484 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, according to state data.
Of the 21 new deaths, nine were from Salt Lake County and five from Utah County, but the department reported new deaths statewide. The full list provided by the department was:
- A Davis County man between the ages of 45 and 64 and hospitalized at the time of his death
- A woman from the Davis Center and a long-term care center resident over 85 years old
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man and a long-term care center resident over 85 years old
- A Salt Lake County man and a long-term care center resident over 85 years old
- A Salt Lake County woman over 85 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized at the time of death
- A woman and a long-term care center in Salt Lake County living between the ages of 45 and 64
- A man from Sanpete County and a long-term care center resident between the ages of 65 and 84
- A man from Sanpete County between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of his death
- A Uintah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of his death
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of his death
- A Utah County man and a long-term care center resident over 85 years old
- A Utah County man and a long-term caregiver residing between the ages of 65 and 84
- A woman and a long-term care center in Utah County who is over 85 years old
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of his death
- Man from downtown and long-term care in Washington County resident between the ages of 65 and 84
- A Weber County man over 85 and hospitalized at the time of death
Utah now has 271,940 confirmed cases in total, with 10,873 total hospitalizations and 1,256 total illness deaths since March following Wednesday’s total
Vaccines are slowly increasing
According to the health department, a total of 23,970 Utahns have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Rich Lakin, the Utah Department of Health’s immunization program manager, said Wednesday that vaccinations are picking up now and that about 6,500 people have been vaccinated in the past two days, accounting for about a quarter of all vaccinations. since the process began on December 15th.
Although the process is starting to go faster, he said the state’s original timetable for completing vaccination rounds and reaching new groups is likely to be delayed. He added that the state has ordered its second round of vaccination doses for people who have received their first round of vaccination. The second round of dosing for those who are already vaccinated will begin next week and will be counted in a separate statistic from the health department.
This story will be updated.
Carter Williams