SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 2,614 on Wednesday, with 21 more deaths reported, according to an update provided by the Utah Department of Health.
The new COVID-19 case numbers indicate a 1% increase in positive cases since Tuesday. The rolling seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 2,033, according to the health department. The positive test rate per day for that time period is now 25%. There are now 484 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in Utah, state data shows.
Of the 21 new deaths, nine were from Salt Lake County and five were from Utah County, but the department reported new deaths across the state. The complete list provided by the department was:
- A Davis County man between the ages of 45 and 64 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Davis County woman and long-term care facility resident older than 85
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 not hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man and long-term care facility resident older than 85
- A Salt Lake County man and long-term care facility resident older than 85
- A Salt Lake County woman older than 85 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County man between the ages of 65 and 84 not hospitalized at the time of death
- A Salt Lake County woman and long-term care facility resident between the ages of 45 and 64
- A Sanpete County man and long-term care facility resident between the ages of 65 and 84
- A Sanpete County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Uintah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Utah County man and long-term care facility resident older than 85
- A Utah County man and long-term care facility resident between the ages of 65 and 84
- A Utah County woman and long-term care facility resident older than 85
- A Utah County man between the ages of 65 and 84 and hospitalized at the time of death
- A Washington County man and long-term care facility resident between the ages of 65 and 84
- A Weber County man older than 85 and hospitalized at the time of death
Utah now has 271,940 total confirmed cases, with 10,873 total hospitalizations and 1,256 total deaths from the disease since March following Wednesday’s totals
Vaccinations slowly increasing
A total of 23,970 Utahns have now been vaccinated for COVID-19, according to the health department. Rich Lakin, immunization program manager for the Utah Department of Health, said Wednesday that vaccinations are picking up pace now and about 6,500 people have been vaccinated over the past two days, which accounts for about one-fourth of all vaccinations since the process began on Dec. 15.
While the process is starting to go faster, he said the state’s original timeline to complete vaccination rounds and get to new groups will likely be delayed. He added that the state has ordered its second round doses of the vaccination for people who have received their first round of immunization. The second round of doses for those already vaccinated will begin next week and will be counted in a separate health department statistic.
This story will be updated.
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Carter Williams