SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health on Sunday reported another 701 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and another 10 deaths from the disease in its daily update of coronavirus statistics in the Beehive States.
Seven of the deaths occurred before February 1, the department said, but were still under investigation at the time. Utah’s update comes as United States on Sunday passed 500,000 recognized COVID-19 deaths nationwide.
The Department of Health also said that since Saturday, another 9,123 vaccines have been administered in Utah.
Last week, Utah averaged 777 new cases per day and a positive test rate of 6.31%. There are currently 241 Utahns admitted to the hospital due to COVID-19, including 100 in intensive care.
Sunday’s numbers come down as 10,454 more test results were reported to the health department.
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Overall, Utah has seen 366,735 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 1,852 deaths and 14,445 hospitalizations since the onset of the pandemic, while 607,557 doses of vaccinations have been administered. Of these vaccines, 205,388 were second doses. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses for maximum effect, although Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking approval for a single dose of vaccine.
Utah’s deaths reported Sunday include:
- A Davis County woman between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized when she died
- A Davis County man between 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- An Iron County man between 65 and 84 who was not admitted to the hospital when he died
- A Salt Lake County woman between the ages of 65 and 84, who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County woman between the ages of 65 and 84 admitted to hospital
- A Sevier County woman over the age of 85 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Utah County man over the age of 85 who has not been hospitalized
- A 65-year-old man in Utah County admitted to hospital
Government Spencer Cox and Utah health officials are expected to address the public later this week in their regular weekly news conference; the conference usually takes place on Thursdays. The state is currently offering vaccination against the coronavirus to Utahns 65 years and older, and will offer the vaccine with certain concomitant problems in Utahns on March 1.
A list of eligible comorbidities is available on the state’s coronavirus website.
The state’s goal is to vaccinate all adults who want the shot by May.
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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 number of deaths is subject to 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.