SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 560 on Tuesday, with 13 more deaths and 20,737 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Nine of the deaths occurred before Feb. 1, but were still being investigated by the Utah state medical office, the health department said.
The state now estimates that there are 13,682 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. According to the health department, the average number of positive cases per day seven days a day is 529. The percentage of positive tests per day for this time period communicated with the “people on people” method is now 8, 8%. The seven-day positive test rate calculated using the “test over test” method is now 4.2%.
There are now 187 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 73 in intensive care, according to state data. Currently, about 66% of all intensive care beds in Utah are occupied, including approximately 67% of the ICU beds of the state’s 16 reference hospitals. Approximately 48% of all non-ICU hospital beds in the state of Utah are already occupied, according to state data.
A total of 878,487 vaccines have been administered in the state, up from 857,750 on Monday. A total of 573,525 Utahns have now received at least one dose of vaccine, while 319,127 are fully vaccinated, according to the health department. To date, a total of 1,070,975 doses of vaccine have been sent to Utah.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,257,389 people tested so far by COVID-19 in Utah, 16.7% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests conducted since the pandemic began is now 3,934,278, an increase of 16,450 from Monday, according to health officials. Of these, 6,185 were tests of people who had not been tested for COVID-19.
The 13 deaths reported on Tuesday were:
- A woman from Juab County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not hospitalized when she died
- Two women from Salt Lake County who were over 85 and were residents of long-term care centers
- A Salt Lake 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 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A boy from Salt Lake County who was between 1 and 14 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man over the age of 85 who was not hospitalized when he died at the time of his death
- A Washington County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and resided in a long-term care center
- A Washington County man who was over 85 was a resident of a long-term care center
- A Weber County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and resided in a long-term care center
- A Weber County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and resided in a long-term care center
Health officials said they had no further information on the death of the Salt Lake County boy due to health privacy laws, but said “this is a tragic reminder that we must continue to watch over public health precautions. “.
Health department data show there have been fewer than five deaths reported among the 1- to 14-year-old age group in Utah. Less than five deaths have also been reported in the 0–1 year age group and only five deaths have been reported in the 15–24 age group.
Tuesday’s total gives Utah 375,669 confirmed cases in total, with 14,956 total hospitalizations and 1,990 deaths from the disease. A total of 359,997 cases of COVID-19 in Utah are considered recovered, according to state data.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is scheduled to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday.
