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There were more than 1,200 new cases of COVID-19 in Utah over three days this weekend, and six more people died of the coronavirus.
(The Utah Department of Health no longer provides daily COVID updates on weekends.)
Almost 9,000 Utahns received a dose of a coronavirus vaccine Friday-Sunday, and the number of Utahns fully vaccinated against COVID-19 rose to 1.43 million — just over 44% of the state’s total population. And nearly 1.61 million residents have received at least one dose of one of the vaccines.
To date, UDOH has identified 2,249 “breakthrough cases” of COVID-19 — people who contracted the virus 14 days or more after being fully vaccinated. That’s 0.03% of the fully vaccinated population.
And 187 of those breakthrough cases (0.001%) had to be hospitalized; six died (0.0004%).
Vaccine doses administered in past three days/total doses administered • 8,835 / 2,915,971.
Utahns fully vaccinated • 1,433,575.
Cases reported in past three days • 1,245— 495 on Friday, 486 on Saturday, and 264 on Sunday. Seven previously reported cases were removed from the total number of cases (now 418,976) after further testing.
Deaths reported in past three days • Six — two men between the ages of 65-84 in Washington County; a Davis County man 45-64; and three women 65-84: one in Tooele County, one in Utah County and one in Weber County.
Tests reported in past three day • 8,835 people were tested for the first time. A total of 14,294 people were tested.
Hospitalizations reported in the past three day • 220. That’s 17 fewer than on Friday. Of those currently hospitalized, 93 are in intensive care, seven fewer than on Friday.
Percentage of positive tests • Under the state’s original method, the rate is 14.1%. That’s higher than the seven-day average of 12.3%.
The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. Monday’s rate was 8.7%, higher than the seven-day average of 8.2%
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 418,976 cases; 2,399 deaths; 17,822 hospitalizations; 2,834,431 people tested.
