The number of COVID-19 cases in Utah continues to improve – but deaths continue to rise

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The state reported 14 more deaths, bringing the total to 1,900 people.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) People wear face masks in Ogden when shopping, February 23, 2021.

| February 24, 2021 at 8:17 p.m.

| Update: February 25, 2021 at 3:23 a.m.

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The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in Utah on Wednesday remained well below 1,000. The number of people hospitalized with coronavirus continues to decline, as do test positivity rates.

But Utah has also reported 14 more deaths, as the state’s total approaches 1900. Thirteen of the deaths were in people aged 65 and older, and one was aged 25 to 44.

Doses of vaccine given on the previous day / total doses of vaccination administered • 18 005/641 881.

Number of Utahn who received two doses • 221,619.

Cases reported the day before • 812.

Deaths reported the day before • 14.

Salt Lake County has reported six deaths: three men aged 64 to 84 and three women aged 85 or older.

There have been four deaths in Utah County: two men and a woman aged 65 to 84 and a man aged 85 and older.

Four counties have each reported one death: a woman aged 65 to 84 in Box Elder County, a man 85 and over in Sevier County, a man aged 25 to 44 in Tooele County and a woman 85 and over in Washington County.

Hospitalizations reported the day before • 222. That’s 17 less than Tuesday. Of those currently hospitalized, 91 are in intensive care units – four fewer than Tuesday.

Tests reported the day before • 7,631 people were tested for the first time. A total of 19,389 people were tested.

Percentage of positive tests • Under the original state method, the rate is 10.6%. This is slightly lower than the seven-day average of 13.1%.

His new method counts all test results, including repeated testing of the same individual. Wednesday’s rate is now at 4.2%, below the seven-day average of 6.1%.

[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]

Totals to date • 368,601 cases; 1,879 deaths; 14,554 hospitalizations; 2,180,594 people tested.

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