SALT LAKE CITY – According to Utah’s Department of Health, Utah’s COVID-19 cases increased by 338 on Monday.
This is the lowest one-day total since Sept. 9, when Utah reported 314 new cases.
There are now an estimated 20,255 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. According to the Department of Health, the current average number of seven-day positive cases per day is now at 760. The positive test rate per day for the period reported using the “people over people” method is now 13.3%. The positive test rate per day of seven days, calculated using the ‘test over test’ method, is now 6%.
There are 237 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 99 in intensive care. About 70% of all beds for intensive care units in Utah are now filled, including 73% of the ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, according to the Department of Health. About 49% of the non-ICU hospital beds are now inhabited in Utah.
A total of 611,910 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 607,557 on Sunday. Of these, 206,887 are second doses of the vaccine, according to the Department of Health.
The new numbers point to a 0.1% increase in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,166,505 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 16.9% tested positive for COVID-19. The number of tests carried out since the start of the pandemic is now 3,706,475, which has increased since Sunday 5,931. Of these, 2,892 were tests from people who had not previously been tested for COVID-19.
The death reported Monday was a Wasatch County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility.
The total Monday’s total confirmed cases are Utah 367,073, with 14,466 hospitalizations and 1,853 total deaths due to the disease. There are now an estimated 344,965 recovered COVID-19 cases in Utah, state data shows.
No COVID-19 news conference is scheduled for Monday. Utah officials typically present at news conferences on Wednesdays or Thursdays once a week.
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Test results now contain data from PCR tests and antigen tests. Positive COVID-19 test results are reported to the health department immediately after confirmation, but negative test results may not be reported 24 to 72 hours.
The total number of cases reported each day by the Utah Department of Health includes all cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak of Utah, including those currently infected, those recovering from the disease, and those who have died.
Recovered cases are defined as anyone who was diagnosed with COVID-19 three or more weeks ago and did not die.
Reference hospitals are the 16 Utah hospitals that can provide the best COVID-19 health care.
According to the Department of Health, deaths usually occurred two to seven days before they were reported. Some deaths can come back even further, especially if the person is from Utah but died in another state.
The Department of Health reports both confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths as defined by the case set forth by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. The death rates could change as case investigations are completed.
For deaths reported as COVID-19 deaths, the person would not have died if they had not had COVID-19, according to the Department of Health.
The “people over people” method for the average positive test score of seven days is calculated by dividing the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 by the total number of people tested. The “test over test” method is calculated by dividing the total number of positive tests by the total number of tests administered.
Data included in this story primarily reflects the state of Utah as a whole. Visit the website of your local health district for more localized data.
More information on Utah’s health education levels is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/utah-health-guidance-levels.
Information comes from the Utah Department of Health and coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts. For more information on how the Utah Department of Health compiles and reports COVID-19 data, visit coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts and browse to the “Data Notes” section at the bottom of the page.