SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah jumped 584 on Monday, with an additional three deaths, according to the Utah Department of Health.
That’s the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in one day since September. It’s the second time in the New Year that Utah has reported fewer than 1,000 cases, along with 859 new cases reported Jan. 25.
The health department estimates there are now 37,692 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. The seven-day moving average number of positive cases per day on Monday is 1,425, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that period is now 16.7%.
There are currently 402 COVID-19 patients in the Utah hospital, including 129 in intensive care units, state data shows. About 80% of all intensive care unit beds in Utah hospitals were occupied Monday, including about 82% of the IC beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 54% of all hospital beds in Utah are occupied, according to the health department.
A total of 311,785 vaccines were administered in the state, up from 310,692 on Sunday. Of these, 63,711 are second doses of the vaccine.
Monday’s new numbers indicate an increase of 0.2% in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,028,163 people tested for COVID-19 so far in Utah, 17.1% have tested positive for the disease. The total number of tests performed has increased by 4,818 since Monday, and 3,516 of those were tests from people who had not previously been tested for COVID-19, according to the health department.
The three deaths reported Monday include:
- A Box Elder County man who was between the ages of 45 and 64 and lived in a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 who was hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was hospitalized when he died
Monday’s totals give Utah 347,208 total confirmed cases, with 13,515 total hospitalizations and 1,668 total deaths from the disease. A total of 307,848 Utah COVID-19 cases are now considered recovered, state data shows.
There is no press conference on COVID-19 on the program on Monday. The Utah government, Spencer Cox, will release a pandemic update at 11 a.m. Thursday, according to his office.
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 after being confirmed, 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 they were reported, the health department said. 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 set forth 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 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.
Jacob Klopfenstein