SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah rose Wednesday by 729, with seven more deaths and 18,236 reported vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Five of the deaths occurred before Feb. 10, but state medical investigators were still investigating them, the health department said. The health department estimates that there are now 15,720 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah.
According to the health department, the average number of positive cases per day for seven days is 590. The percentage of positive tests per day for the time period communicated with the “people on people” method is now 10.2%. The positive seven-day test rate calculated using the “test over test” method is now 4.8%.
There are currently 212 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 92 in intensive care, according to state data. Currently, approximately 72% of all intensive care beds in Utah are occupied, including about 75% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, according to the health department. Currently, approximately 53% of non-ICU hospital beds are occupied in Utah.
A total of 759,533 vaccines have been administered in the state, up from 741,297 on Tuesday. Of these, 269,368 are second doses of the vaccine, according to state data.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.2% in positive cases since Tuesday. Of the 2,222,755 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah to date, 16.8% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests performed increased to 3,849,589 on Wednesday, with 21,267 more than on Tuesday. Of those, 8,249 were tests from people who had not been tested for COVID-19, the health department reported.
The seven deaths reported on Wednesday were:
- A Box Elder County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and resided in a long-term care center
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 45 and 64 years old and resided in a long-term care center
- A Salt Lake County woman who was over 85 years old and resided in a long-term care center
- A Salt Lake County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died
- A Salt Lake County woman who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when she died
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- A Washington County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and resided in a long-term care center
A death of an Iron County man reported Monday was removed from the total death toll from COVID-19, health officials said. UDOH did not disclose the reason for the death count.
Wednesday’s total gives Utah 372,708 confirmed cases, with 14,783 hospitalizations and 1,955 deaths from the disease. According to the health department, a total of 355,033 cases of COVID-19 will be recovered in Utah.
According to his office, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will provide his weekly pandemic update at 11 a.m.