SALT LAKE CITY – In the daily update of COVID-19 statistics in Utah, the state health department reported 1,516 new positive tests and an additional 13 deaths from the disease on Sunday.
Four of those deaths occurred before the New Year, officials said, but are still under investigation. In total, that brings the state to 336,405 total confirmed cases and 1,595 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Currently, 461 Utahns are hospitalized for COVID-19, including 182 in intensive care. Sunday’s figures came when 14,575 more test results were reported and 7,331 Utahns were first tested for the virus.
In the past week, the state has an average of 1,794 new reported cases per day and a positive test rate of 19.4%.
The health department says 6,073 more vaccines have been administered since yesterday’s report, for a total of 228,348 to date. More than 28,000 Utahns have received a second dose of the vaccine.
The deaths reported Sunday include:
- A Salt Lake County man aged 65 to 84 who was 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 Salt Lake County man over 85 living in a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County man aged between 45 and 64 not hospitalized when he died
- A man from Uintah County between the ages of 65 and 84 not hospitalized
- A man aged 25 to 44 in Utah County who lived in a long-term care facility
- Three men in Utah County between the ages of 65 and 84 who were hospitalized
- A woman over 85 in Utah County living in a long-term care facility
- A woman in Washington County aged 65 to 84 who lived in a long-term care facility
- An 85-year-old woman from Washington County not hospitalized
- A woman from Weber County between the ages of 65 and 84 not hospitalized
Together, Salt Lake and Utah counties now account for 62% of the state’s reported cases and 58% of deaths.
There is no press conference on the corona virus from state leaders on the program on Sunday. Gov. Spencer Cox and health officials will update the public at a conference later this week; it usually happens on Thursdays.
Last week
- Saturday: Gov. Cox says getting more vaccines shouldn’t be like “Hunger Games”; On Saturday, 1,771 COVID cases were reported
- Friday: 2,649 more COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths reported Friday in Utah
- Thursday: Utah uses nearly all COVID-19 vaccine doses while the state sees 2,089 new cases and 30 deaths
- Wednesday: 2,159 more COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths reported Wednesday in Utah
- Tuesday: 1,302 more COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths reported Tuesday in Utah
- Monday: 1,082 new COVID cases reported Monday as Utah marks 1,500 deaths in pandemic
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 they are confirmed, but negative test results may not be reported until after 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 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. To learn more about 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.
Graham Dudley