SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 560 on Tuesday, with another 13 deaths and 20,737 vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Nine of the deaths occurred before Feb. 1, but were still being investigated by Utah medical investigators, the health department said.
The state now estimates that there are 13,682 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. According to the Department of Health, the current average number of positive cases of seven days per day is now at 529. The positive test rate per day for the period using the “people over people” method is now 8.8%. The positive test rate per day of seven days, calculated using the ‘test over test’ method, is now 4.2%.
There are now 187 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 73 in intensive care, state data show. About 66% of all beds in intensive care units in Utah are now occupied, including about 67% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 48% of all non-ICU hospital beds in the state of Utah are now occupied, state data shows.
A total of 878,487 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 857,750 on Monday. A total of 573,525 Utahns have now received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to the Department of Health, while 319,127 have now been fully vaccinated. A total of 1,070,975 doses of vaccine have been sent to Utah so far.
The new numbers point to a 0.1% increase in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,257,389 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 16.7% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests since the pandemic began is now 3,934,278, according to health officials at 16,450 as of Monday. Of these, 6,185 were tests of people who had not previously been tested for COVID-19.
The 13 deaths reported on Tuesday were:
- A Juab County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and was not admitted to the hospital when she died
- Two women in Salt Lake County who were over 85 and residents of long-term care facilities
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not admitted to the hospital when he died
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died
- A Salt Lake County boy who was between the ages of 1 and 14 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man who was between 65 and 84 and was not hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man over the age of 85 who was not admitted to hospital at the time of his death
- A Washington County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Washington County man over the age of 85 was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man from Weber County who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Weber County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
Health officials said they had no further information on the death of the Salt Lake County boy due to health privacy laws, but said: “It’s a tragic reminder that we need to be vigilant about the precautions. for health. “
The health department’s data show that fewer than five deaths were reported among age groups 1-14 in Utah. Less than five deaths were also reported among the age group 0-1, and only five deaths were reported in the age group 15-24.
The total number Tuesday in Utah confirmed 375,669 cases, with 14,956 hospitalizations and 1,990 deaths due to the disease. A total of 359,997 COVID-19 cases in Utah are now considered recovery, according to state data.
The Utah government, Spencer Cox, will deliver an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at a news conference on Thursday at 11 p.m.
