SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah rose Tuesday by 358, with two more deaths and 30,001 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
According to the health department, the average continuous number of positive cases per day for seven days is 406. The positive test rate per day for this time period calculated using the “people on people” method is now 7.7 %. The positive test rate per day for this time period calculated with the “test over test” method is now 3.8%.
There are currently 124 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Utah, including 59 in intensive care, according to state data. Currently, approximately 64% of all intensive care beds in Utah are occupied, including about 67% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 reference beds, according to the health department. Now, about 48% of non-ICU hospital beds are occupied, according to state data.
A total of 1,738,003 doses of vaccine have been administered in the state, up from 1,708,002 on Monday. A total of 1,120,254 Utahns have now received at least one dose of vaccine, while 699,517 are considered fully vaccinated. To date, a total of 1,956,010 doses of vaccine have been sent to Utah.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.09% in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,455,549 people tested so far to detect COVID-19 in Utah, 15.9% tested positive for the disease. The total number of tests conducted since the pandemic began in Utah is now 4,395,138, an increase of 15,222 since Monday. Of these, 5,683 were tests of people who had not been tested for COVID-19.
The two deaths reported Tuesday were a Salt Lake County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died, and a Carbon County woman who was between 65 and 84 years old and who was not hospitalized. when he died.
Tuesday’s totals give Utah 390,647 confirmed cases in total, with 15,804 total hospitalizations and 2,161 deaths from the disease.
Utah HB294, also known as the state pandemic termination bill, requires that all local and state health orders related to COVID-19 end on the day Utah reaches the threshold in three key metrics: the 14-day state case rate is less than 191 per 100,000 people, the average seven-day use of the COVID-19 intensive care unit is less than 15%, and 1,633,000 doses have been allocated COVID-19 vaccine premiums in Utah.
The 14-day case rate is now 173.1 and the seven-day ICU COVID-19 average is now 10%. According to health officials, the allocation of main doses in the state is now 1,063,775. It is expected to exceed the 1,633,000 dose threshold in the second or third week of May, health officials say. The first doses refer to the first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine cycles, as well as the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is due to offer an update on COVID-19 during his monthly press conference with PBS Utah at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Health officials announced Tuesday that Utah will pause the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after federal regulators said six cases of blood clotting were reported in women who had received the vaccine. No cases of blood clotting related to the Johnson & Johnson product in Utah have been reported.