SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Department of Health reported 701 more confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10 more deaths from the disease in the Beehive State daily update on coronavirus statistics on Sunday.
Seven of those deaths occurred before Feb. 1, the department said, but were still under investigation at the time. Utah’s update comes as the United States passed 500,000 recognized COVID-19 deaths nationwide on Sunday
The health department also said 9,123 more vaccines have been administered in Utah since Saturday.
In the past week, Utah has an average of 777 new cases reported per day and a positive test rate of 6.31%. There are currently 241 Utahns hospitalized for COVID-19, including 100 in intensive care.
Sunday’s figures come as 10,454 more test results were reported to the health department.
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In total, Utah has now seen 366,735 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 1,852 deaths and 14,445 hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic, while 607,557 doses of vaccine have been administered. Of those vaccines, 205,388 were second doses. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses for maximum effect, although Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking approval for a single-dose vaccine.
The Utah deaths reported Sunday include:
- A Davis County woman aged 65 to 84 who was hospitalized when she died
- A Davis County man aged 65 to 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
- An Iron County man aged 65 to 84 who was not hospitalized when he died
- A woman in Salt Lake County between the ages of 65 and 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
- A man in Salt Lake County between the ages of 65 and 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
- A woman in Salt Lake County between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized
- A Sevier County woman over 85 living in a long-term care facility
- A Utah County man aged 65 to 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
- A Utah County man over 85 who was not hospitalized
- A man aged 65 to 84 in Utah County who was hospitalized
Health officials from Governor Spencer Cox and Utah are expected to address the public at their regular weekly press conference later this week; the conference usually takes place on Thursday. Currently, the state is offering coronavirus vaccination to Utahns ages 65 and older, and will begin offering the vaccine to Utahns with certain co-morbidities beginning March 1.
A list of eligible comorbidities is available on the state’s coronavirus information website.
The state’s goal is to vaccinate all adults who want the shot by the end of May.
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Methodology:
The test results now include data from PCR tests and antigen tests. Positive COVID-19 test results will be reported to the health department immediately upon confirmation, but negative test results may not be reported for 24 to 72 hours.
The total number of cases reported by the Utah Department of Health each day includes all cases of COVID-19 since the Utah outbreak began, including those currently infected, those who have recovered 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 has not died.
Referral hospitals are the 16 hospitals in Utah that can provide the best COVID-19 healthcare.
Deaths reported by the state usually occurred two to seven days before reporting, according to the health department. Some deaths can be even further back, especially if the person is from Utah but died in another state.
The health department reports both confirmed and probable deaths from COVID-19 according to the case definition outlined by the Council of State and territorial epidemiologists. Death rates are subject to change as the investigation of the case is completed.
For deaths reported as COVID-19 deaths, the person would not have died if they had not had COVID-19, according to the health department.
The “people over people” method for the seven-day mean positive test rate is calculated by dividing the number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 by the total number of people tested. The “test over test” method is calculated by dividing the total number of positive tests by the total number of tests administered.
The data in this story primarily reflects the state of Utah as a whole. Visit your local health district website for more localized information.
More information on Utah health guidelines is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/utah-health-guidance-levels.
Information is from the Utah Department of Health and coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts. For more information on how the Utah Department of Health collects and reports COVID-19 data, visit coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts and scroll down to the “Data Notes” section at the bottom of the page.