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The seven-day moving average of new cases and hospitalizations continues to climb.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A vial of saline and the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine at the Woods Cross High School context clinic by Nomi Health, April 27, 2021. County and regional health districts are setting up vaccination clinics in high schools, to vaccinate 16 and 17 year olds with COVID-19.
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Nearly 2,300 other Utahns have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past four days, and nine more have died. There were 768 cases Thursday, 672 Friday, 506 Saturday and 329 Sunday.
The Utah Department of Health no longer reports coronavirus numbers on weekends and holidays, so Monday’s report was the first since Thursday.
The seven-day moving average of new positive cases is 646. This is almost three and a half times what it was on June 1, when it was just over 200.
Hospitalizations continue to increase. There are now 343 Utans hospitalized for the coronavirus, an increase of 52 (15%) since Thursday. And 152 of those patients are in intensive care, an increase of 24 (16%).
Doses of vaccine given in the last three days / total doses given • 20 522/2 989 690.
Fully vaccinated utahns • 1,467,748.
Cases reported in the last four days • 2 269.
Deaths reported in the past four days • New.
Salt Lake County has reported two deaths – a man and a woman aged 45 to 64.
There have also been two deaths in Washington County – a man aged 45 to 64 and a man aged 65 to 84.
The other deaths were a woman from Box Elder County 65-84, a man from Davis County 65-84, a man from Tooele County 65-84, a man from Weber County 45-64, and a woman whose age and address are unknown.
Tests reported in the last four days • 15,683 people were tested for the first time. A total of 25,875 people were tested.
Hospitalizations reported Monday • 343. That’s 52 more than Thursday. Of those currently hospitalized, 152 are in intensive care, 24 more than Thursday.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original state method, the rate is 14.5%. This is about the same as the seven-day average of 14.6%.
The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeat testing of the same individual. Monday’s rate was 8.8%, lower than the seven-day average of 10.2%
[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]
Totals to date • 428,687 cases; 2,434 deaths; 18,376 hospitalizations; 2,893,215 people tested.
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