221 more COVID-19 cases, 1,671 vaccinations, no new deaths reported Monday in Utah

Syringes are filled with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Salt Lake Countyâ??s mass vaccination site at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's number of COVID-19 cases increased by 221 on Monday, with no new deaths and 1,671 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.

The state now estimates there are 11,897 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. The rolling seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 503, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that time period reported with the "people over people" method is now 8.2%. The positive test rate per day seven-day average calculated with the "test over test" method is now 4%.

There are 164 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 59 in intensive care, state data shows. About 66% of all intensive care unit beds in Utah are now occupied, including about 68% of those in Utah's 16 referral hospitals. About 48% of non-ICU hospital beds are now filled, according to state data.

A total of 1,010,700 vaccine doses have been administered in the state, up from 1,009,029 Sunday. A total of 669,307 Utahns have received at least one vaccine dose, while 365,587 have been fully vaccinated, state data shows. A total of 1,146,170 vaccine doses have been shipped to the state.

The new numbers indicate a 0.06% increase in positive cases since Sunday. Of the 2,293,096 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.5% have tested positive for the disease. The number of total tests since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 4,014,075, up 6,382 since Sunday. Of those, 3,293 were tests of people who hadn't previously been tested for COVID-19, according to the health department.

Monday's totals give Utah 378,600 total confirmed cases, with 15,129 total hospitalizations and 2,027 total deaths from the disease. A total of 364,676 Utah COVID-19 cases are now estimated to be recovered, according to the health department.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is scheduled to provide a pandemic update at 10 a.m. Thursday during his monthly news conference with PBS Utah.

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More information about Utah's health guidance levels 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 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.

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