Utah reports nearly 600 new cases of COVID-19

The number of fully vaccinated Utahns is nearly 820,000 and there are three more deaths.

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The number of new COVID-19 cases reported last day in Utah reached nearly 600 on Wednesday. The 590 new cases were the most numerous in a single day since April 6, when 611 were reported.

The number of Utahns fully vaccinated against coronavirus reached nearly 820,000. That’s about 36% of eligible Utahns 16 years of age or older, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 state population.

But the state also reported three more deaths attributed to COVID-19.

Dose of vaccines administered last day / total doses administered • 34,472 / 1,950,894.

Fully vaccinated Utahns • 819,683.

Cases reported last day • 590.

Deaths reported last day • Three: a 65- to 84-year-old man in Davis County; a woman of the same age group in Iron County; and a 25-44-year-old woman in Utah County.

Tests reported last day • 4,057 people were tested for the first time. A total of 15,496 people were tested.

Hospitalizations reported last day • 146. This exceeds eight from Tuesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 58 are in intensive care units, two more than on Tuesday.

Percentage of positive tests • According to the original state method, the rate is 14.5%. This is more than double the seven-day average of 6.2%.

The new state method counts all test results, including repeated tests by the same individual. Wednesday’s rate was 3.8%, higher than the seven-day average of 3.0%.

[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]

Total so far • 393,862 cases; 2,177 dead; 15,981 hospitalizations; 2,505,996 people tested.