UTAH, Nov. 16, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Department of Health on Monday reported five more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, and 503 patients now hospitalized.
The daily new-case number is 1,971, with total lab-documented coronavirus cases in Utah since the beginning of the outbreak numbering 155,779.
The Utahns who died in the past day were:
- A male, between 65-84, Box Elder County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A male, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, between 65-84, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death
- A female, older than 85, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death
Total COVID-19 deaths documented in Utah now stand at 723.
COVID-19 tests performed in Utah number 1,254,258, of those, 9,523 tests were performed in the past 24 hours.
The rolling seven-day average for positive tests is 2,949 per day. The rolling seven-day average for percent of positive laboratory tests is 24.6%; almost one in four.
Total COVID-19 patients hospitalized since the outbreak began were 6,859.
The chart below shows numbers broken down by area of the state.
