SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 658 on Wednesday, with two more deaths and another 23,904 vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The state now estimates that there are 13,444 active COVID-19 cases in Utah.
According to the Department of Health, the current seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 520. The positive test rate per day for the period reported using the “people over people” method is now 8.6%. The positive test rate per day of seven days, calculated using the ‘test over test’ method, is now 4.16%.
There are 175 COVID-19 patients currently admitted to Utah, including 73 in intensive care. About 71% of all intensive care unit beds in Utah are now occupied, including about 71% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 55% of all non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied, state data show.
A total of 902,391 vaccines were administered in the state, up from 878,487 on Tuesday. There are now 589,997 Utahns who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 328,509 state residents have been fully vaccinated. A total of 1,108,275 vaccine doses have been sent to Utah so far.
On Tuesday, Government Spencer Cox’s office announced the government’s plan to be eligible for every adult in Utah by April 1, regardless of age or medical condition.
“We expect to be eligible for every adult in the state by April 1 and are likely to have 1.5 million first doses in the state by April 10,” Cox spokeswoman Jennifer Napier-Pearce said in a statement Tuesday night. said.
The Utah Transit Authority has also announced that it will offer free fares to anyone using transportation to make a vaccine appointment. Any transportation from UTA will be free until June 30 for anyone traveling to a confirmed COVID-19 vaccination appointment. said the agency.
Wednesday’s new figures point to a 0.2% increase in positive cases since Tuesday. Of the 2,265,344 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 16.6% tested positive for the disease. The total number of tests carried out since the start of the pandemic now stands at 3,952,437, up 18,189 since Tuesday. Of those, 7,955 were tests of people who had not been tested for COVID-19 before, according to the Department of Health.
The two deaths reported Wednesday were a Juab County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was hospitalized when he died, as well as a woman from Tooele County who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long health care facility, the health department said.
Wednesday’s total number of cases confirmed Utah 376,327 cases, with 14,986 hospitalizations and 1,992 total deaths due to the disease. A total of 360,891 Utah COVID-19 cases 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.