SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s number of COVID-19 cases increased by 300 on Tuesday, with four more deaths and 28,314 vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The Department of Health estimates that there are 9057 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. According to the Department of Health, the current average number of positive cases per day of seven days is now 387. The positive test rate per day for the period calculated using the “people over people” method is now 7.1%. The positive test rate per day for that period calculated using the “test over test” method is now 3.4%.
There are currently 130 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Utah, including 48 in intensive care. About 65% of the intensive care units in hospitals are now occupied in Utah, including 69% of the ICU beds in the 16 referral hospitals in the state, state data show. About 47% of Utah’s hospital beds that are not under ICUs are now occupied, according to the Department of Health.
A total of 1,526,353 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 1,498,039 on Monday. A total of 994,402 Utahns received at least one vaccine dose, while 579,627 were completely vaccinated. A total of 1,734,950 doses of vaccine, including primary doses and booster doses, have been sent to Utah so far.
The new numbers point to a 0.1% increase in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,417,211 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 16.1% tested positive for COVID-19. The number of tests conducted since the start of the pandemic is now at 4,305,397, an increase of 10,662 since Monday. Of these, 4,018 were tests of people not previously tested for COVID-19.
The four deaths reported on Tuesday were:
- A Salt Lake County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died
- A man from Tooele County who was between 65 and 84 and was admitted to hospital when he died
- A man in Utah County who was between 45 and 64 years old and was admitted to the hospital when he died
- A Weber County man who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when he died
The total Tuesday total gives 387,814 confirmed cases in Utah, with 15,656 total hospitalizations and 2,137 total deaths due to the disease. According to the Department of Health, an estimated 376,620 COVID-19 cases in Utah are now being repaired.
A COVID-19 news conference is not yet scheduled for this week.
Utah’s endgame bill, formally known as House Bill 294, requires all state and local health orders related to COVID-19 to end on the day Utah reaches the threshold in three key statistics: the 14-day state rate is less than 191 per 100,000 people, the seven-day average use of COVID-19 intensive care unit is below 15%, and 1,633,000 primary doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been allocated to Utah.
As of Tuesday, Utah is reaching the threshold in the first two measurements. The 14-day rate is reported at 176.7 and the COVID-19 ICU usage average of the past seven days is around 9.3%. As of last week, Utah has been allocated only 920,515 first-dose doses.
Primary doses refer to the first dose of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and the only dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The administration of the prime dose is updated only once a week, and the grant, according to health officials, is expected to reach the threshold of 1 633 000 by the second or third week of May.
