SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 259 on Monday, with another death and 2087 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The state now estimates that there are 13,707 active cases of the disease in Utah. According to the Department of Health, the average number of positive cases of seven days per day is now at 518. The positive test rate per day for the period using the “people over people” method is now 9%. The positive test rate per day of seven days, calculated using the ‘test over test’ method, is now 4.4%.
There are now 193 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Utah, including 74 in intensive care. About 68% of all beds for intensive care units in Utah are now occupied, including about 71% of the ICU beds in the 16 referral hospitals in the state. About 50% of the non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied, according to state data.
A total of 857,750 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 855,663 on Sunday. A total of 556,791 people received at least one vaccine dose, according to the Department of Health, while 310,327 have now been fully vaccinated. A total of 1,006,315 doses of vaccine have now been shipped to Utah.
The new numbers point to a 0.07% increase in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,251,204 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 16.7% tested positive for COVID-19. The number of total tests carried out since the start of the pandemic is now 3,917,828, an increase of 5,530 since Sunday. Of those, 3,083 were tests of people who had not been tested for COVID-19 before, according to the Department of Health.
The death reported Monday was a Washington County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died.
The total Monday’s total confirmed cases in Utah are 375,109, with 14,913 total hospitalizations and 1,977 total deaths due to the disease. A total of 359,425 cases in Utah COVID-19 are now considered recovery, according to the Department of Health.
The Utah government, Spencer Cox, will deliver an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at a news conference on Thursday at 11 p.m.