SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s COVID-19 cases rose 729 on Wednesday, with seven more deaths and 18,236 vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Five of the deaths occurred before February 10, but were still being investigated by medical investigators, the health department said. The Department of Health estimates that there are now 15,720 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah.
According to the Department of Health, the average number of positive cases of seven days per day is now at 590. The positive test rate per day for the period reported using the “people over people” method is now 10.2%. The positive test rate per day of seven days, calculated using the “test over test” method, is now 4.8%.
There are currently 212 COVID-19 patients admitted to Utah, including 92 in intensive care. About 72% of all Utah intensive care beds are now occupied, including about 75% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, according to the Department of Health. About 53% of the non-ICU hospital beds are now inhabited in Utah.
A total of 759,533 vaccines were administered in the state, up from 741,297 on Tuesday. Of these, 269,368 are second doses of the vaccine, according to state data.
The new numbers point to a 0.2% increase in positive cases since Tuesday. Of the 2,222,755 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 16.8% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests carried out rose to 3,849,589 on Wednesday, from 21,267 to Tuesday. Of those, 8,249 were tests of people not previously tested for COVID-19, the health department reported.
The seven deaths reported on Wednesday were:
- A Box Elder County man aged between 65 and 84 and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A man in Salt Lake County who was between 45 and 64 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County woman who was over 85 and a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died
- A Salt Lake County woman who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was not hospitalized when she died
- A Salt Lake County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not admitted to the hospital when he died
- A Washington County man who was between 65 and 84 years old and a resident of a long-term care facility
One death of an Iron County man reported Monday was withdrawn from the total COVID-19 death toll, health officials said. UDOH did not disclose the reason for the death reported.
The total Wednesday total gives Utah 372,708 total confirmed cases, with 14,783 hospitalizations and 1,955 total deaths due to the disease. A total of 355,033 COVID-19 cases in Utah are estimated to be repaired, the Department of Health reports.
The Utah government, Spencer Cox, will provide its weekly pandemic update at 11 a.m. Thursday at 11 a.m., according to its office.