SALT LAKE CITY — Utah recorded 2,083 new COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths Sunday as the first COVID-19 vaccines made their way to the Beehive State.

Medical workers on the front line will be first to get the shots that are coming in shipments expected to reach four Intermountain Healthcare hospitals around the state on Monday and Tuesday.  

The Intermountain hospitals expecting shipments on Monday and Tuesday are: Intermountain Medical Center in Murray; LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City; Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George; and Utah Valley Hospital in Provo.

Intermountain is scheduled to provide more information Monday morning on the immunization plans. The hospital system noted in a prepared statement that University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City is also slated to receive early shipments.

A total of 233,904 Utahns have tested positive for the virus since the onset of the pandemic, the Utah Department of Health said.

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The number of new cases dipped from Saturday, when the state reported nearly 3,700 cases due to a server problem that caused reporting delays for about 1,100 earlier cases.

On Sunday, the rolling seven-day average for positive tests stood at 2,633 per day. The average positive test rate was 24.6%. The total number of people tested statewide is 1,575,222, an increase of 9,668 people from the day before.

Currently, 548 people are hospitalized with the virus, an increase of four from a day earlier. Total hospitalizations dating to the beginning of the outbreak is 9,421.

A total of 1,055 Utahns have died from COVID-19, including 11 more men and six more women reported Saturday.

  • Female, between 65 and 84, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death.
  • Female, older than 85, Utah County resident, long-term care facility resident.
  • Male, between 45 and 64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death.
  • Male, between 45 and 64, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death. 
  • Male, between 65 and 84, Iron County resident, long-term care facility resident.
  • Male, between 65 and 84, Morgan County resident, not hospitalized at time of death.
  • Female, older than 85, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death.
  • Male, older than 85, Utah County resident, not hospitalized at time of death.
  • Male, between 65 and 84, Utah County resident, hospitalized at time of death.
  • Male, between 65 and 84, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident.
  • Female, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident.
  • Male, between 65 and 84, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident.
  • Female, older than 85, Weber County resident, not hospitalized at time of death.
  • Male, older than 85, Salt Lake County resident, long-term care facility resident.
  • Female, between 25 and 44, Washington County resident, hospitalized at time of death.
  • Male, older than 85, Weber County resident, long-term care facility resident.
  • Male, between 65 and 84, Weber County resident, long-term care facility resident.
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