SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s COVID-19 cases increased by 344 on Sunday, with 19,328 more vaccinations and no new deaths, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The moving weekly average for positive COVID-19 tests is now 396 cases per day, the health department says. The positive test rate per day as calculated by the “people over people” method is now 7.2%. The positive test percentage per day as calculated with the “test over test” method is now 3.6%.
There are now 43 Utahns hospitalized with COVID-19, with a total of 15,760 hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic. However, this number is artificially low because the state has identified a reporting issue with one of their health care systems affecting the Daily Hospitalization Survey data. The bug is expected to be fixed on Monday.
A total of 1,703,065 vaccine doses were administered in the state, up from 1,683,737 on Saturday. In total, 1,099,828 Utahns have now received at least one dose of vaccine.
The figures come two days after the statewide mask mandate expires, although many private companies and public spaces will continue to mandate masks.