More than 30,000 vaccines were administered in Utah on the last day
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Donna Burton prepares a 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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The Utah Department of Health on Saturday reported 447 new cases of coronavirus and another death as the number of vaccinated Utahns continued to rise.
Vaccines reported in past / total vaccinations • 31,100 / 1,481,363.
Cases reported last day • 447.
Deaths were reported last day • 1.
The death was a 65- to 84-year-old Utah County man hospitalized at the time.
Hospitalizations reported last day • 132. It has gone down six on Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 44 are in intensive care units, two fewer than on Friday.
Tests reported last day • 5,456 were tested for the first time. A total of 12,801 were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original state method, the continuous seven-day average is 6.8%.
The new state method counts all test results, including repeated tests by the same individual. The seven-day average on Saturday for this metric was 3.4%.
Total so far • 386,997 cases; 2,132 dead; 15,593 hospitalizations; 2,405,866 tests.