SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 2,614 on Wednesday, with another 21 deaths reported, according to an update provided by the Utah Department of Health.
The new COVID-19 case numbers indicate a 1% increase in positive cases since Tuesday. According to the health department, the average number of positive cases of seven days a day is now 2,033. The positive test rate per day for that period is now 25%. There are currently 484 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Utah, state data shows.
Of the 21 new deaths, nine were from Salt Lake County and five from Utah County, but the department reported new deaths across the state. The complete list provided by the department was:
- A Davis County man between 45 and 64 years old and hospitalized at death
- A Davis County woman and long-term care resident over 85
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between 65 and 84 years old and hospitalized at death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man and long-term care worker over the age of 85
- A Salt Lake County man and long-term care worker over the age of 85
- A Salt Lake County woman over 85 and hospitalized at the time of her death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County woman and long-term care provider between the ages of 45 and 64
- A man in Sanpete County and long-term care facility between 65 and 84 years old
- A man in Sanpete province between the ages of 65 and 84 admitted to hospital at death
- A Uintah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at death
- A man in Utah County and long-term care facility older than 85
- A man in Utah County and long-term care provider between 65 and 84 years old
- A woman in Utah County and long-term care facility older than 85 years
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at death
- A Washington County man and long-term care resident between the ages of 65 and 84
- A Weber County man over the age of 85 admitted to hospital at death
Utah now has 271,940 confirmed cases, with 10,873 total hospitalizations and 1,256 total deaths due to the disease since March after the total Wednesday
Vaccinations are slowly increasing
A total of 23,970 Utahns have now been vaccinated for COVID-19, according to the Department of Health. Rich Lakin, Utah’s Department of Vaccination Program Manager, said Wednesday that vaccinations are now being looked after and that about 6,500 people have been vaccinated in the past two days, making up about a quarter of all vaccinations since the process began. . December 15th.
While the process is starting to go faster, he said the original timeline of the state to complete vaccination rounds and get to new groups is likely to be delayed. He added that the state had ordered its doses of vaccines for the second round for people who had received their first round of vaccinations. The second dose of doses for those who have already been vaccinated starts next week and is counted in a separate statistic from the health department.
This story will be updated.
Carter Williams