The state reports 570 new cases of the virus and five more deaths.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Amanda Bayly administers a Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to Jay Gaisford at TOSH – The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Murray on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Governor Spencer Cox announced Thursday that the age of Utahns Cox said younger adults with certain health conditions such as diabetes, type 1 or type 2, obesity with a BMI of 30 or higher and anyone with chronic kidney disease will also be eligible.
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Utah recorded its lowest number of people with COVID-19 in intensive care units Saturday since early October.
The state health department reported that on Saturday there were 75 people with the virus in the ICU. After October 5, when there were 79 in the ICU, that number has fluctuated to 231 in subsequent months.
Saturday also marked the lowest number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 overall, at 194, since early October.
Vaccines administered during the past day / total vaccinations • 26,098 / 843,032.
Fully vaccinated Utahns • 304,168.
Cases reported last day • 570.
Deaths reported last day • 5.
Salt Lake County reported the deaths of three women. One was between 25 and 44 years old, another was between 45 and 64 years old and the third was over 85 years old.
Weber and Uintah counties each reported one death, respectively, a man and a woman, aged between 45 and 64 years.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 194. It has gone down nine since Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 77 are in intensive care units, eight fewer than on Friday.
Tests reported last day • 7,052 people were tested for the first time. A total of 18,594 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original method of the state, the rate is 8.1%. This is slightly below the seven-day average of 9.5%.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. Saturday’s rate is now 3.1%, lower than the seven-day average of 4.6%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Total so far • 374,438 cases; 1,975 dead; 14,867 hospitalizations; 2,243,694 people tested.