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SALT LAKE CITY – The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah increased by 519 on Friday, with two additional deaths and 30,300 vaccinations reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.
The seven-day rolling average number of positive cases per day is now 519, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for this period of time reported with the “people over people” method is now 8.4%. The positive test rate per day averaged over seven days calculated with the “test-by-test” method is now 4%.
There are 184 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, according to state data. A total of 967,481 vaccines have been administered in the state, up from 936,681 on Thursday.
The new figures indicate a 0.1% increase in positive cases since Thursday. Of the 2,279,263 people tested for COVID-19 in Utah so far, 16.6% have tested positive for the disease. The total number of tests carried out since the start of the pandemic is now 3,984,895, up 13,535 since Thursday. Of those, 5,780 were tests from people who had never been tested for COVID-19 before.
The two deaths reported on Friday were both men from Salt Lake County who were hospitalized when they died. One was over 85 and the other was between 45 and 64, according to the health department.
Friday’s totals give Utah 377,492 total confirmed cases, with 15,049 total hospitalizations and 2,017 total deaths from the disease.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox provided an update on the COVID-19 pandemic at a press conference Thursday.
This story will be updated.
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