State leaders hold COVID-19 update after 30 more Utahns die

Test

The UDOH reported that a total of 1,613,248 Utahns have been tested for COVID-19 so far. That’s an increase of 12,885 tests from Wednesday’s report.

Of these, a total of 243,918 have tested positive for COVID-19, which is an increase of 3,202 cases from yesterday.

The seven-day moving average for the percentage of positive tests is 2,570 per day, and the seven-day moving average for the percentage of laboratory tests positive is 22.26%.

Utah Department of Health

Hospitalizations

Currently, there are 556 people hospitalized with COVID-19, and 211 of them are in intensive care units. Another 15 people are hospitalized with suspected cases of COVID-19.

Utah’s intensive care units are currently 95.5% full, which is more than 10% above the ICU ICU quality threshold due to the number of caregivers.

Intensive care beds at the 16 hospitals in the state that are best equipped to treat patients with COVID-19 are overcapacity. There are 461 beds available and there are currently 446 patients in these intensive care units.

Utah Department of Health

Death

Health officials have reported that 30 more Utahns have died from COVID-19, which is a new one-day high for reported deaths in the state.

Dunn noted that the recorded deaths occurred over a period of four weeks, and some were likely due to infections that occurred during the Thanksgiving holiday.

To date, the virus has killed 1,126 residents of the state.

The deaths of the following people were reported on Thursday:

1. Morgan County resident, over 85, not hospitalized at time of death
2. Female, aged 65 to 84, resident of Weber County, hospitalized at time of death
3. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Iron County, not hospitalized at time of death
4. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Washington County, hospitalized at time of death
5. Woman over 85, resident of Salt Lake County, resident in long-term care facility
6. Female over 85, resident of Salt Lake County, resident in long-term care facility
7. Male over 85, Resident of Salt Lake County, Resident of Long-Term Care Facility
8. Male, aged 45 to 64, resident of Weber County, resident of long-term care facility
9. Female, over 85, resident of Weber County, not hospitalized at time of death
10. Male, aged 45 to 64, resident of Carbon County, hospitalized at time of death
11. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Cache County, hospitalized at time of death
12. Female, aged 65 to 84, resident of Salt Lake County, resident in long-term care facility
13. Salt Lake County resident, over 85, hospitalized at time of death
14. Male, aged 45 to 64, resident of Weber County, resident of long-term care facility
15. Female, between 65 and 84, resident of Utah County, resident in long-term care facility
16. Female, aged 65 to 84, resident of Utah County, resident in long-term care facility
17. Female, aged 65 to 84, resident of Box Elder County, hospitalized at time of death
18. Female, aged 65 to 84, resident of Salt Lake County, resident in long-term care facility
19. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Davis County, not hospitalized at time of death
20. Woman over 85, resident of Sevier County, not hospitalized at time of death
21. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Salt Lake County, resident in long-term care facility
22. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Sanpete County, hospitalized at time of death
23. Female, aged 45 to 64, resident of Weber County, resident in long-term care facility
24. Male over 85, Resident of Salt Lake County, Resident of Long-Term Care Facility
25. Woman over 85, resident of Salt Lake County, resident in long-term care facility
26. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Cache County, hospitalized at time of death
27. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Utah County, hospitalized at time of death
28. Male, aged 65 to 84, resident of Utah County, resident in long-term care facility
29. Male, aged 45 to 64, resident of Utah County, hospitalized at time of death
30. Female, aged 65 to 84, resident of Weber County, hospitalized at time of death