SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah has risen Monday by 259, with one more death and 2,087 vaccines reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The state now estimates there are 13,707 active cases of the disease in Utah. According to the health department, the average number of positive cases per day seven days a day is 518. The percentage of positive tests per day for this time period communicated with the “people on people” method is now 9% . The seven-day daily positive test rate calculated using the “test over test” method is now 4.4%.
There are now 193 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 74 in intensive care, according to state data. Currently, approximately 68% of all intensive care beds in Utah are occupied, including approximately 71% of the ICU beds of the state’s 16 reference hospitals. Approximately 50% of non-ICU hospital beds are already occupied, according to state data.
A total of 857,750 vaccines have been administered in the state, up from 855,663 on Sunday. A total of 556,791 people have received at least one dose of vaccine, while 310,327 are fully vaccinated, according to the health department. A total of 1,006,315 doses of vaccine have been sent to Utah.
The new figures indicate an increase of 0.07% in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,251,204 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah to date, 16.7% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests conducted since the beginning of the pandemic is now 3,917,828, an increase of 5,530 since Sunday. Of these, 3,083 were tests of people who had not been tested for COVID-19, according to the health department.
The death reported Monday was a man from Washington County who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died.
Monday’s total gives Utah 375,109 confirmed cases, with 14,913 hospitalizations and 1,977 deaths from disease. According to the health department, a total of 359,425 cases of COVID-19 are estimated to be recovered in Utah.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is scheduled to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday.