Six of the deaths occurred before March 1.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aaron Dickey, 91, looks at wife Marion Dickey, 83, as the two received their second COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Janeen Hamel of Utah County Health Department in Spanish Fork, 25 March 2021.
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The number of new coronavirus cases reported on Saturday once again remained below 500 – a welcome sign in the state’s struggle to contain the disease.
But dampening the good news, hospital admissions of COVID-19 and intensive care patients both rose slightly, according to figures from the Utah Department of Health.
UDOH also reported a further 10 deaths from the coronavirus. Six of these occurred before March 1 and were only recently confirmed to be caused by COVID-19.
Vaccine Doses Administered Over the Last Day / Total Doses Administered • 27,583 / 1,289,691.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 470,905.
Cases reported in the past day • 460.
Deaths reported in the past day • 10.
Salt Lake County reported three deaths: a man 45-64 and a man and woman both over 85.
There were two deaths in Davis County: a man 45-64 and a woman over 85.
Two Utah County residents died: two women, both over 85.
Three counties each reported a single death: a woman 45-64 in Weber County; a man 45-64 in Beaver County; and a man 65-84 in Washington County.
Hospital admissions reported in the past day • 137. That’s seven more than Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 56 are in intensive care units – six more than on Friday.
Tests reported in the past day • 6,048 people were first tested. A total of 14,289 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the state’s original method, the rate is 7.6%. That is higher than the seven-day average of 7.4%.
The new method counts all test results, including repeated tests from the same person. The rate for Saturday is now at 3.2%, lower than the seven-day average of 3.7%.
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals so far • 384,173 cases; 2,101 dead; 15,441 hospital admissions; 2,368,017 people tested.