Utah COVID-19 update: 3 more deaths, 554 new cases in past 24 hours

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UTAH, July 2, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Department of Health on Thursday reported three more COVID-19 deaths and 554 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours.

Those who died are:

  • A Salt Lake County man between age 25 and 44, not hospitalized at the time of death
  • A Salt Lake County man between the age of 65 and 84, not hospitalized at the time of death
  • A Cache County man between the ages of 65 and 84, hospitalized at the time of death

The cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths now stands at 176.

Positive cases now stand at 23,270, an increase of 554 from yesterday, a daily rate increase of 2.4%.

Lab tests performed number 346,386 total tests, an increase of 3,028 tests from Wednesday’s report. The rate of positive tests is 6.7% of total tested.

More numbers

Hospitalizations number 1,505 cases, an increase of 29 since Wednesday. There are 184 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized.

Those categorized as recovered, defined as those still living three weeks after diagnosis, number 13,076.

Below, see the numbers broken down by area of the state.

Source Utah Department of Health

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