SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s COVID-19 cases rose 221 on Monday, with no new deaths and 1,671 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The state now estimates that there are 11,897 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. According to the Department of Health, the average number of positive cases per day of seven days is now 503. The positive test rate per day for the period reported according to the “people over people” method is now 8.2%. The positive test rate per day of seven days, calculated using the ‘test over test’ method, is now 4%.
There are 164 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 59 in intensive care. About 66% of all beds in intensive care units in Utah are now occupied, including about 68% of those in Utah’s 16 referral hospitals. About 48% of the non-ICU hospital beds are now filled, according to state data.
A total of 1,010,700 vaccine doses were administered in the state, compared to 1,009,029 on Sunday. A total of 669,307 Utahns received at least one dose of vaccine, while 365,587 were fully vaccinated, according to state data. A total of 1,146,170 doses of vaccine were sent to the state.
The new numbers point to a 0.06% increase in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,293,096 people tested so far in Utah for COVID-19, 16.5% tested positive for the disease. The number of tests since the start of the pandemic is now at 4,014,075, which is 6,382 higher than Sunday. Of those, 3,293 were tests of people who had not previously been tested for COVID-19, according to the Department of Health.
Monday’s total gives Utah 378,600 total confirmed cases, with 15,129 total hospitalizations and 2,027 total deaths due to the disease. A total of 364,676 Utah COVID-19 cases are estimated to be recovered now, according to the Department of Health.
The Utah government, Spencer Cox, will deliver a pandemic update at 10 a.m. Thursday during its monthly news conference with PBS Utah.
