The number of new cases jumped above 1,000 on Tuesday.
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Seventeen more Utahns have died from COVID-19, the Utah Department of Health reported Wednesday, while the number of new cases exceeded 1,000 to nearly 1,300.
And the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals and intensive care units continued to rise, after declining last week.
Vaccines reported in total / last day vaccinations • 16,778 / 442,476.
Number of Utahns who have received two doses • 117,305.
Cases reported last day • 1,299.
Deaths reported last day • 17.
Salt Lake County reported four deaths: a man between the ages of 65 and 84 and two men and a woman aged 85 or older.
There were also four deaths in Weber County: a man aged 45 to 64, a man aged 65 to 84 and a man and woman aged 85 or over.
Three Utah County residents died: two men and a woman, all 85 years of age or older.
Box Elder County reported two deaths: a man and a woman aged 65 to 84.
And there was only one death in each of the four counties: a man aged 65 to 84 in Tooele County and three people aged 85 or over: a man in Cache County and women from Carbon and Wasatch counties.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 323. This exceeds four from Tuesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 131 are in intensive care units, seven more than Tuesday.
Tests reported last day • 8,988 people were tested for the first time. A total of 23,334 people were tested on Tuesday.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original state method, the rate is 14.5%. This is slightly lower than the seven-day average of 15.3%.
His new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same individual. This rate is now at 5.6%, lower than the seven-day average of 7%.
Total so far • 357,339 cases; 1,765 dead; 14,007 hospitalizations; 2,094,809 people tested.
