3 new Utah COVID-19 deaths, over 1500 cases since Friday

Salt Lake City, Utah — 1,552 new cases confirmed by test, and three more people have lost their lives to COVID-19 in Utah since Friday’s report.

According to the Utah Department of Health, all three new deaths were men from Weber, Salt Lake, and Davis counties.

There have been:

• 628 on 7/16
• 514 on 7/17
• 409 on 7/18

A total of 280 Utahans are currently hospitalized with the virus.

UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REPORTED THE FOLLOWING MONDAY

Positives:

We will report 424,171 positive cases today. This is an increase of 1,552 new cases since. A breakdown by day is provided below:

• 7/16 – 628 cases
• 7/17 – 514 cases
• 7/18 – 409 cases

*1 case was removed from previous days through data QA.

Vaccines:

• We will report 2,951,137 total vaccines administered which is 13,063 more than yesterday.

Lab Tests:

• We will report 2,862,992 people tested. This is an increase of 10,591 people tested since yesterday.
• We will report 5,219,627 total tests. This is an increase of 17,265 tests since yesterday.

Trends:

• The rolling 7-day average for positive tests is 571 per day.
• The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “people over people” is 13.7%. The rolling 7-day average for percent positivity of “tests over tests” is 9.5%.

Hospitalizations:

• There are 280 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Total hospitalizations from the beginning of the outbreak are 18,112.

Deaths:

We will report 2,416 total deaths, which is 3 new deaths reported today.

• Male, between 25-44, Weber County resident, hospitalized at time of death
• Male, between 45-64, Salt Lake County resident, hospitalized at time of death
• Male, between 65-84, Davis County resident, hospitalized at time of death