SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials on Sunday reported another 1,765 COVID-19 cases — the state’s second-highest daily case count — and the death of someone between the ages of 15 and 24.
The new cases were confirmed out of 8,702 tests, with a 20.3% positive rate, according to the Utah Department of Health. The rolling seven-day average for new cases is 1,490 per day, and the average positive test rate is 16.6%.
On Friday, the state confirmed just under 2,000 cases — the record since the start of the pandemic. Saturday brought the previous second-highest daily case count, with just over 1,600.
After a week of records amid the pandemic, the State of Utah COVID-19 Response Twitter page issued a plea from Gov. Gary Herbert.
“I ask Utahns to not just lean on your own experience during this pandemic. Learn from the science and examples you see. You don’t have to wait until you personally experience a crisis with COVID-19 before you realize you could have done more,” Herbert said in the statement.
Currently, 308 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Utah — 120 of whom are in intensive care units, which are 76.1% full overall. On Saturday, 310 patients were hospitalized with the virus throughout the state.
Now 104,882 cases have been confirmed out of 1,031,511 people tested in Utah since the pandemic began, with an overall positive rate of 10.2%. Hospitalizations since the outbreak hit total 5,049.
Four additional deaths were reported, among them a male between the ages of 15-24 who was hospitalized when he died. Additional information including his county of residence was not released due to low death counts in that age category, health officials said. Fewer than five deaths have been confirmed in the 15-24 range in Utah.
The other deaths were an Emery County woman between 45-64; a Washington County man between 65-84; and a Washington County man older than 85, all of whom were hospitalized when they died.
New COVID-19 cases reported Sunday by health district:
- Salt Lake County, 737.
- Utah County, 507.
- Davis County, 153.
- Weber-Morgan, 121.
- Bear River, 68.
- Southwest Utah, 60.
- Tooele County, 28.
- Central Utah, 24.
- Wasatch County, 21.
- Summit County, 16.
- TriCounty (Uinta Basin), 13.
- Southeast Utah, 13.
- San Juan County, 3.
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