SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s cases of the novel coronavirus rose by 332 on Sunday, health officials said.
Nearly 5,000 more people were tested since Saturday’s report, of which there was a 6.7% positive rate, slightly lower than the previous few days.
But current hospitalizations continued rising, with 16 more people requiring hospital care. Now, 137 people with COVID-19 are in Utah’s hospitals. On Saturday, that number was 132.
The new coronavirus cases bring Utah’s total since the pandemic began to 14,313 out of 267,713 tested, a 5.3% positive rate. About 57% of them are considered recovered. Those who have tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies through serology testing are not included by the Utah Department of Health in the state’s tally, and data about those test results has not yet been released to the public.
For the second day in a row, no new deaths were reported Sunday.
Of the 139 who have died in Utah with COVID-19, 94.2% were at “high-risk,” meaning they were 65 years or older and/or had a preexisting condition, according to the latest data from the Utah Department of Health. Those with diabetes, cardiovascular, chronic liver, chronic pulmonary or neurological conditions are considered part of at-risk groups, as well as current or former smokers.
The average age of those who have died is now 73.9, and the median age is 75. Utah’s mortality rate of confirmed cases is about 1%, according to state health department data.
Of the 1,028 people who have required hospitalization since the pandemic hit Utah, 302 were confirmed to have required treatment in intensive care units, while 134 were put on ventilators.
At least 582 of the cases that needed hospital care had underlying conditions.
In Utah, 8,252 people are now considered recovered from the virus after passing the three-week point since their diagnoses.
The latest breakdown of Utah cases, hospitalizations and deaths by health district:
- Salt Lake County, 7,309; 586 hospitalized; 93 deaths.
- Utah County, 2,607; 134 hospitalized; 19 deaths.
- Bear River (Box Elder, Cache, Rich), 975; 33 hospitalized; 2 deaths.
- Southwest Utah, 806; 61 hospitalized; 5 deaths.
- Davis County, 660; 56 hospitalized; 4 deaths.
- Weber-Morgan, 502; 49 hospitalized; 9 deaths.
- Summit County, 449; 40 hospitalized; 0 deaths.
- San Juan County, 357; 36 hospitalized; 5 deaths.
- Wasatch County, 349; 17 hospitalized; 2 deaths.
- Tooele County, 165; 10 hospitalized; 0 deaths.
- Central Utah, 75; 5 hospitalized; 0 deaths.
- Southeast Utah, 29; 0 hospitalized; 0 deaths.
- TriCounty (Uinta Basin), 30; 1 hospitalized; 0 deaths.