The trend of positive tests is 1,464 per day, which is slightly lower than a week ago.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jazz fans wear masks as they watch NBA action between the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks at Vivint Arena on Friday, January 29, 2021.
The seven-day moving average of daily COVID-19 cases continues to decline.
The Utah Department of Health reported Sunday that the trend of positive tests is 1,464 per day. That number is slightly lower than a week ago, when the seven-day average of positive cases was 1,794. The week before, it was 2,548.
Another positive trend is the number of coronavirus cases that UDOH considers “not recovered” in the past two weeks. At the beginning of the year, the number of unrecovered cases hovered around 50,000. But in the past two days, there were fewer than 40,000.
That trend, along with the seven-day moving average of daily cases, indicates that Utah is seeing fewer people sick with COVID-19.
In Salt Lake County, the seven-day moving average of daily cases was 491.14. It is the first time since October 14 that the moving average in the province has fallen below 500.
Here’s a closer look at the numbers reported Sunday:
Vaccinations reported in the past day / total vaccinations • 10,176 / 310,692.
Cases reported in the past day • 1.194.
Deaths reported in the past day • Two.
The two people who reportedly died of COVID-19 were an Iron Country woman over the age of 85 and a Weber County man between the ages of 45 and 64. The woman was hospitalized at the time of her death, while the man was not.
Hospital admissions reported in the past day • 41. That is 17 less than Saturday. Of the 413 people currently hospitalized, 131 are in intensive care – eight fewer than on Saturday.
While the number of hospital admissions has declined, the number of people hospitalized because they may have COVID-19 has increased. UDOH reported that as of Sunday, 106 people who have COVID symptoms but have not tested positive are currently being hospitalized. That will be 92 on Saturday.
Tests reported in the past day • 6,472.
Percentage of positive tests • 18.4%. This is higher than the seven-day average of 16.9%.
Totals so far • 346,624 cases; 1,665 dead; 13,468 hospital admissions; 2,024,647 tests.