PROVO, Utah – Utah’s number of COVID-19 cases increased by 2,009 on Wednesday, with seven more deaths reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The health department now estimates there are 46,034 active cases of the disease in Utah. The rolling seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 1,758, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that time period is now 18.4%.
There are 452 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, including 161 in intensive care, state data shows. About 84% of all intensive care unit beds in Utah were occupied as of Wednesday, including about 89% of ICU beds in the state’s 16 referral hospitals, according to the health department. About 52% of non-ICU hospital beds are filled.
A total of 250,448 vaccines have been administered in the state, up from 237,637 Tuesday. Of those, 37,335 are second doses of the vaccine, according to state data.
The new numbers indicate a 0.6% increase in positive cases since Tuesday. Of the 1,989,106 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 17.1% have tested positive for the disease. The number of total tests conducted increased by 16,644 as of Wednesday, and 10,156 of those were tests of people who had not previously been tested for COVID-19, according to the health department.
The seven deaths reported Wednesday include:
- A Grand County man who was over the age of 85 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Millard County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Tooele County man who was over the age of 85 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County man who was between the ages of 45 and 64 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Utah County woman who was between the ages of 45 and 64 and was hospitalized when she died
- A Washington County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was hospitalized when he died
- A Washington County man who was between the ages of 65 and 84 and was a resident of a long-term care facility
Wednesday’s totals give Utah 340,684 total confirmed cases, with 13,217 total hospitalizations and 1,620 total deaths from the disease. A total of 293,030 Utah COVID-19 cases are now considered to be recovered, according to state data.
There is not a COVID-19 news conference scheduled for Wednesday. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is scheduled to provide a pandemic update at 11 a.m. Thursday.
