UTAH, March 4, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 12 more COVID-19 deaths and 611 new cases documented in the past 24 hours.
That brings Utah’s known COVID-19 cases to 373,319, and coronavirus deaths to 1,965.
According to the UDoH, the 12 new COVID-19 victims were:
- A male, between 65-84, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 65-84, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, older than 85, Utah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- A male, older than 85, Davis County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A male, older than 85, Utah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 65-84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- 2 males, older than 85, Utah County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A male, between 65-84, Box Elder County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, older than 85, Weber County resident, long-term care facility resident
- A female, between 65-84, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
Two deaths that were previously reported on Feb. 23, were retracted (A male, between 45-64, a Davis County resident and a female, between 65-84, a Cache County resident). Seven of the 12 deaths reported today occurred before Feb. 11.
Vaccines administered number 785,523, an increase of 25,990 since yesterday.
The chart immediately below has more information about vaccinations.
Lab tests have been given to 2,230,041 people, an in crease of 7,286 since yesterday. Tests administered number 3,867,952, an increase of 18,363 tests since yesterday.
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 558 per day. The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 10.0%. The rolling seven-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 4.8%.
There are 203 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 14,816.
The chart below shows COVID-19 numbers broken down by area of the state.
