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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 38 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, along with 109 new cases, 20 of which were in school-age children.
The majority of the 38 deaths reported Tuesday — 31 — occurred prior to Feb. 22, meaning seven of the deaths occurred more recently.
In addition to those newly reported deaths, Utah Department of Health officials along with the state medical examiner's office, investigated previous data and identified 90 additional COVID-19 deaths that will be reported in the next week.
As the COVID-19 case burden has decreased over the last few weeks, the health department reports it has allowed epidemiologists to have the opportunity to review past death certificate data.
The rolling, seven-day average for the daily number of COVID-19 deaths is currently less than one, although the health department website clarifies that deaths can be added following further investigation, causing the number to rise.
The rolling, seven-day average for new positive tests is now 134 per day. The seven-day average for positive tests in separate people is currently 4.7%.
The health department reported another 2,507 people who were tested and 1,799 who were vaccinated since Monday's report.
Currently, 126 people are hospitalized in the state with COVID-19, with 19 of them in intensive care, according to the health department.
The 38 deaths reported on Tuesday bring the total number of coronavirus deaths in Utah to 4,610 which means that just under .5% of the almost 927,000 COVID-19 cases in Utah have resulted in death.
The latest deaths include:
- A Box Elder County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Cache County man, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Carbon County man, 45-64, not hospitalized.
- Two Davis County men, 45-64, not hospitalized.
- A Davis County woman, 45-64, not hospitalized.
- A Davis County woman, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Davis County man, over 85, long-term care facility resident.
- A Kane County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Morgan County woman, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
- A Salt Lake County woman, 25-44, hospitalized.
- Two Salt Lake County men, 45-64, not hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County man 45-64, hospitalized.
- Two Salt Lake County women, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- Two Salt Lake County women, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Salt Lake County woman, over 85, not hospitalized.
- A Sanpete County man, 45-64, hospitalized.
- A Tooele County man, 65-84, unknown.
- A Uintah County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Uintah County man, over 85, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Uintah County woman, over 85, long-term care facility resident.
- A Utah County man, 45-65, not hospitalized.
- A Utah County man, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
- A Utah County woman, 65-84, unknown hospitalization status.
- Two Utah County women, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Utah County man, over 85, not hospitalized.
- A Washington County man, 45-64, not hospitalized.
- A Washington County man, 65-84, hospitalized.
- A Washington County woman, 65-84, long-term care facility resident.
- A Washington County man, over 85, unknown hospitalization status.
- A Washington County man, over 85, hospitalized.
- A Weber County man, 65-84, not hospitalized.
- A Weber County man, over 85, long-term care facility resident.
- A man, over 85, unknown which county he is from, hospitalized.
