The state reports two more coronavirus deaths.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Homeless people were able to receive help from the homeless court, as well as vaccines against COVID-19 and other services, on Rio Grande Street as part of a Salt Lake City Community Engagement Program Resource Fair on Rio Grande Street, Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
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Nearly 700,000 Utahns have been completely vaccinated against coronavirus, more than 20% of the state’s total population.
The Utah Department of Health reported that another 30,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered last day and two more Utahns died from the coronavirus.
Dose of vaccines administered the day before / total doses administered • 30.001 / 1.738.003.
Fully vaccinated Utahns • 699,517.
Cases reported last day • 358.
Deaths reported last day • Two: a 65- to 84-year-old woman in Carbon County and a 45- to 64-year-old woman in Salt Lake County.
Tests reported last day • 5,683 people were tested for the first time. A total of 15,222 people were tested.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 124. This exceeds two from Monday. Of those currently hospitalized, 59 are in intensive care units, two fewer than on Monday.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original method of the state, the rate is 6.3%. This is below the seven-day average of 7.7%.
The new state method counts all test results, including repeated tests by the same individual. Tuesday’s rate was 2.4%, down from the seven-day average of 3.8%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Total so far • 390,647 cases; 2,161 dead; 15,804 hospitalizations; 2,455,549 people tested.
This story is being developed and will be updated.