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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 560 on Tuesday, with 13 more deaths and 20,737 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Nine of the deaths occurred before Feb. 1 but were still being investigated by the Utah state medical examiner's office, the health department said.
The state now estimates there are13,682 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. The rolling seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 529, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that time period reported with the "people over people" method is now 8.8%. The positive test rate per day seven-day average calculated with the "test over test" method is now 4.2%.
There are now 187 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 73 in intensive care, state data shows. About 66% of all intensive care unit beds in Utah are now occupied, including about 67% of ICU beds in the state's 16 referral hospitals. About 48% of all non-ICU hospital beds in the state of Utah are now occupied, state data shows.
A total of 878,487 vaccines have been administered in the state, up from 857,750 Monday. A total of 573,525 Utahns have now received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 319,127 are now fully vaccinated, according to the health department. A total of 1,070,975 vaccine doses have been shipped to Utah so far.
The new numbers indicate a 0.1% increase in positive cases since Monday. Of the 2,257,389 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.7% have tested positive for COVID-19. The total number of tests conducted since the pandemic began is now 3,934,278, up 16,450 from Monday, according to health officials. Of those, 6,185 were tests of people who had not previously been tested for COVID-19.
The 13 deaths reported Tuesday were:
- A Juab County woman who was between the ages of 45 and 64 and was not hospitalized when she died
- Two Salt Lake County women who were over the age of 85 and were residents of long-term care facilities
- A Salt Lake County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Salt Lake County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was not hospitalized when he died
- A Salt Lake County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Salt Lake County boy who was between the ages of 1 and 14 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was not hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man who was over the age of 85 and was not hospitalized when he died at time of death
- A Washington County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Washington County man who was over the age of 85 was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Weber County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was a resident of a long-term care facility
- A Weber County woman who was between the ages of 45 and 64 and was a resident of a long-term care facility
Health officials said they had no further information regarding the Salt Lake County boy's death due to health privacy laws, but said "this is a tragic reminder that we must continue to be vigilant about public health precautions."
Health department data shows there have been less than five deaths reported among the 1-14 age group in Utah. Less than five deaths have also been reported among the 0-1 age group, and only five deaths have been reported in the 15-24 age group.
Tuesday's totals give Utah 375,669 total confirmed cases, with 14,956 total hospitalizations and 1,990 total deaths from the disease. A total of 359,997 Utah COVID-19 cases are now being considered recovered, according to state data.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is scheduled to provide a COVID-19 pandemic update at a news conference at 11 a.m. Thursday.
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Information is from the Utah Department of Health and coronavirus.utah.gov/case-counts. For more information on how the Utah Department of Health compiles 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.
