Another 315 cases of COVID-19, 8 deaths, 18K vaccinations were reported in Utah on Tuesday

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s COVID – 19 cases increased by 315 on Tuesday, with eight more deaths and 18,065 vaccinations, according to the Utah Department of Health.

Four of the deaths occurred before March 20, but are still being investigated by state medical investigators, the health department said.

The Department of Health estimates that there were 8,477 active COVID-19 cases in Utah on Tuesday. According to the health department, the average number of positive cases per day of seven days is now 375. The positive test rate per day for the period calculated using the “people over people” method is now 6.7%. The positive test rate per day for the period calculated using the “test over test” method is now 3.2%.

There are currently 138 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Utah, including 54 in intensive care. About 66% of all beds for intensive care units in Utah are now occupied, including about 69% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, according to the Department of Health. About 51% of non-ICU hospital beds are now occupied in the state.

A total of 1,916,922 doses of vaccine were administered in the state, compared to 1,898,857 on Monday. A total of 1,202,333 Utahns, or about 50.6% of all residents 16 years and older for vaccinations, have now received at least one dose of the vaccine, the health department reported. A total of 799,291 Utahns, or about 33.6% of the population eligible for vaccine, are now considered fully vaccinated.

About 24.9% of all Utahns, including children younger than 16 who are not eligible for the vaccine, are now fully vaccinated, according to the Department of Health. About 37.5% of all Utahns have now received at least one dose of vaccine. A total of 2,168,470 doses of vaccine have been sent to Utah so far, the Department of Health reported.

The new numbers point to a 0.08% increase in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,498,939 people tested so far for COVID-19 in Utah, 15.7% tested positive for the disease. The number of tests done since the onset of the pandemic in Utah is now at 4,510,088, according to the Department of Health 13,574 since Monday. Of these, 5,100 were tests of people who had not yet been tested for the disease.

The eight deaths reported on Tuesday were:

  • A Carbon County woman who was between 65 and 84 years old and was not admitted to the hospital 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 Sanpete County woman who was over 85 and a resident of a long-term care facility
  • A woman from Uintah County who was over 85 and a resident of a long-term care facility
  • A Uintah County woman who was between 45 and 64 years old and was hospitalized when she died
  • A man in Utah County who was over 85 and a resident of a long-term care facility
  • A Weber County man who was between the ages of 25 and 44 and was hospitalized when he died
  • A Weber County woman who was between 65 and 84 and was hospitalized when she died

The total Tuesday total gives 393,272 confirmed cases in Utah, with 15,959 hospitalizations and 2,174 total deaths due to the disease. The Department of Health estimates that there are now 382,621 COVID-19 cases in Utah.

The Utah Endgame Pandemic Bill, formally known as HB294, requires all COVID-19 state and local health orders to end on the day Utah reaches the threshold in three key statistics: the 14-day rate of the state is less than 191 per 100,000 people, the seven-day average of using the intensive care unit COVID-19 is below 15%, and 1,633,000 prime doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are awarded to Utah.

From Tuesday, the threshold in the first two statistics is reached. The current COVID-19 rate per 100,000 people in Utah is now 170.4, and the COVID-19 ICU usage average over the past week is now 11.3%, according to state data.

A total of 1,335,645 primary doses were allocated to Utah as of Tuesday. The state is expected to reach the standard of 1 633 000 prime doses by the second or third week of May. The first dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccination cycles, as well as the only dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, are considered primary doses.

The Utah government, Spencer Cox and Lieutenant General Deidre Henderson, will deliver an update of the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, 11 a.m. Thursday at 11 p.m.

The department of health also announced on Tuesday that state epidemiologist dr. Angela Dunn will leave her post this summer to become the executive director of the Salt Lake County Department of Health.

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