The latest COVID-19 numbers from Utah show ICUs with 101.3% capacity

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State health officials reported 1,585 new cases on Sunday, eight more dead.

(Rick Bowmer | The Associated Press) James Lennox, an IT technical support specialist at the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind, gets the COVID-19 vaccine at the Davis County Legacy Center on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, in Farmington, Utah. Utah began vaccinating teachers and school staff across the state. They aim to vaccinate all teachers and school staff by the end of February.

| January 17, 2021, 8:08 p.m.

| Update: 21:57 h

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Among Utah hospitals specializing in COVID-19, sites such as the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City and Murray Intermountain Medical Center, there are typically a total of 453 intensive care beds available for patients. .

Now, the 453 ICU beds at these referral centers are full, and then some. On Sunday, the Utah Department of Health reported that 458 ICU beds were occupied in the state, meaning coronavirus treatment sites have 101.3% capacity.

The percentage of all ICU beds statewide is also at critical levels, standing at 97.4%, or 515 of 529 available as of Sunday’s data release.

On Saturday, Utah broke the record for the number of patients with COVID-19 currently in the ICU with 231. That number dropped to 226 on Sunday. As a benchmark, the seven-day period ending on Sunday began January 11 with 188 COVID-19. patients.

As of Sunday, the state has administered 157,170 global doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. This number includes the 142,368 Utahns who received the first doses and the 14,802 Utahns who obtained the two doses.

The fact that the state reported 1,585 cases on Sunday could be interpreted as good news. During the last seven days, 17,838 positive cases have been registered. The 1,585 cases on Sunday are the second least recorded during these seven days, which included 5,188 on Wednesday and two more days that eclipsed 2,500.

In addition, 1,585 is the second lowest number of positive cases dating back to the end of December.

The eight deaths reported on Sunday are a part of 101 counted over the past seven days. The death toll in Utah is 1,493 since the pandemic began. Just as the number of cases has now declined, eight deaths reported in one day could be considered progress after a maximum of 27 deaths on Wednesday of the week.

The average seven-day positive test in Utah is 2,209 per day, bringing the percentage of positive seven-day lab tests to 22.6%. The latter figure places Utah in the top five among the 50 states as of Sunday.

The 7,199 tests reported on Sunday bring the total administered to 1,902,260.

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