More than 700,000 Utahns are fully vaccinated; without new deaths.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Donna Burton prepares shot when Canyons School District teachers and staff received their second shots of the Modern vaccine at Mount Jordan Middle School in Sandy on Thursday, March 11 of 2021.
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For the third time in four days, Utah reported no further deaths as a result of COVID-19. And the number of fully vaccinated residents now exceeds 700,000.
At the same time, the number of new coronavirus cases in the state again exceeded 500 for the first time since April 6 and the number of Utahns hospitalized with COVID-19 jumped 24 in one day, a 16 % month.
Dose of vaccines administered last day / total doses administered • 30,243 / 1,768,246.
Fully vaccinated Utahns • 714,923.
Cases reported last day • 530.
Deaths reported last day • Cap.
Tests reported last day • 8,155 people were tested for the first time. A total of 19,832 people were tested.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 148. This exceeds 24 since Tuesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 59 are in intensive care units, the same as on Tuesday.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original method of the state, the rate is 6.5%. This is lower than 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 2.7%, 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 • 391,177 cases; 2161 dead; 15,838 hospitalizations; 2,463,704 people tested.