SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health, Sunday, reports 1819 new cases of COVID-19 in the state and seven new deaths due to the disease.
That brings Utah to 283,473 total confirmed cases and 1,301 deaths since the pandemic began.
The health department says 486 Utahns are currently being hospitalized due to the coronavirus, including 164 in intensive care.
In the past week, the state has an average of 2,652 newly confirmed cases per day and a positive test rate of 29.2%. The percentage is the highest it has ever been. Only 4,802 more people were reportedly tested over Saturday’s numbers, though the total number of tests conducted increased by 9,109.
The health department reports 47,382 Utahns received a first dose of coronavirus vaccine, which has increased by just a thousand since Saturday, although the health department constantly warns that there is a delay between transporting vaccines, administering them to a person and eventually reporting them. “to them. The vaccine first goes to senior citizens and medical staff in the state.
Six of the deaths reported on Sunday were from men:
- A Salt Lake County resident over the age of 85 living in a long-term care facility
- A Washington County resident between 65 and 84 who was hospitalized when he died
- A Washington County resident over the age of 85 who has not been hospitalized
- A Washington County resident between the ages of 65 and 84 who was not admitted to the hospital
- A Utah County resident between the ages of 65 and 84 admitted to the hospital
- A Utah County resident over the age of 85 living in a long-term care facility
There is also a woman in Weber County between the ages of 65 and 84, who was admitted to the hospital when she died.
The state’s leadership, both in general and in relation to the coronavirus pandemic, will take over on Monday if the election of the government, Spencer Cox, is sworn in. Cox will have to accelerate the rollout of the vaccine in Utah and keep Utahns vigilant in the waning months of the pandemic after nearly a year of coronavirus precautions.
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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 according to the definition of the case set out by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. The death rates could 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.
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.
Graham Dudley