SALT LAKE CITY – According to the Utah Department of Health, COVID-19 cases in Utah rose by 338 on Monday, with one new death reported.
That’s the lowest one-day total of new cases since September 9, when Utah reported 314 new cases.
There are now an estimated 20,255 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. The moving seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now 760, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that period reported with the “people over people” method is now 13.3%. The positive test rate per day over seven days calculated with the “test over test” method is now 6%.
There are currently 237 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Utah, including 99 in intensive care units, state data shows. According to the health department, about 70% of all beds in the Utah intensive care unit are now occupied, including 73% of the intensive care beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals. About 49% of non-IC hospital beds are now occupied in Utah.
A total of 611,910 vaccines were administered in the state, compared to 607,557 on Sunday. Of those, 206,887 are second doses of the vaccine, according to the health department.
The new numbers indicate an increase of 0.1% in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,166,505 people tested for COVID-19 so far in Utah, 16.9% tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests conducted since the start of the pandemic is now 3,706,475, up from 5,931 since Sunday. Of these, 2892 were tests from people who had not previously been tested for COVID-19.
The death reported Monday was a Wasatch County woman who was between the ages of 45 and 64 and living in a long-term care facility.
Monday’s totals give Utah a total of 367,073 confirmed cases, with 14,466 total hospitalizations and 1,853 total deaths from the disease. There are now an estimated 344,965 recovered COVID-19 cases in Utah, state data shows.
There is no press conference on COVID-19 on the program on Monday. Utah officials typically provide updates at news conferences once a week on Wednesdays or Thursdays.
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 until 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 about Utah’s 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.